ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2025
Context matters: Validity and reliability of a sociopolitical concerns measure for use in population health research on discrimination and health.
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backgroundSociopolitical contexts shape both experiences of discrimination and health, yet limited research has included sociopolitical concerns metrics, as an exposure, confounder, or effect modifier.
objectiveTo assess psychometric properties of a self-report measure of sociopolitical concerns.
methodsWe assessed a 15-item sociopolitical concerns scale, based on Gallup poll questions, in a cross-sectional sample of 699 US-born adults ages 25-64 years recruited from three community health centers in Boston, Massachusetts, between May 2020-July 2022. We conducted exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to assess construct validity and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess measurement invariance across groups for 6 types of discrimination, involving age, racialized group, gender modality, gender identity, sexual orientation, and weight.
resultsInter-item correlations ranged from 0.04 to 0.50 (36 % of correlations were ≥0.40), with a high Cronbach's alpha (0.87). EFA revealed three underlying factors, all related to a single construct. Multi-group CFA indicated that configural and metric invariance held for 5 of the 6 discrimination groups (for age, only configural invariance held). Self-reported experiences of discrimination were positively associated with sociopolitical concerns for each type of discrimination.
conclusionThe sociopolitical concerns scale is a reliable measure with strong construct validity, potentially useful for future research on discrimination and health.
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