Perceptions of injustice in a black community: dimensions and variation Export

@article{citeulike:4222243, abstract = {Few studies have examined beliefs and attitudes about injustice and discrimination within minority communities. Most research has emphasized the institutional consequences of discrimination, or the racial beliefs of the majority groups. In this study we examine attitudes about injustice and reactions to discriminatory acts within a Black community in the U.S. South. Beliefs and attitudes were found to cluster in three dimensions, including responses to personal discrimination, perceptions of political structures, and perceptions of major social institutions. Economic, social, and psychological variables accounted for 10-30\% of the variance in these dimensions in regression analyses. Implications of these results for theory and policy are discussed. 10.1177/001872678804101004}, author = {Adams, James P. and Dressler, William W.}, citeulike-article-id = {4222243}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872678804101004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://hum.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/41/10/753}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/001872678804101004}, journal = {Human Relations}, keywords = {discrimination, measurement, methods, racism, scale-development}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {753--767}, posted-at = {2009-03-26 14:37:19}, priority = {5}, title = {Perceptions of injustice in a black community: dimensions and variation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872678804101004}, volume = {41}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4222243 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4222243 N2 - Few studies have examined beliefs and attitudes about injustice and discrimination within minority communities. Most research has emphasized the institutional consequences of discrimination, or the racial beliefs of the majority groups. In this study we examine attitudes about injustice and reactions to discriminatory acts within a Black community in the U.S. South. Beliefs and attitudes were found to cluster in three dimensions, including responses to personal discrimination, perceptions of political structures, and perceptions of major social institutions. Economic, social, and psychological variables accounted for 10-30% of the variance in these dimensions in regression analyses. Implications of these results for theory and policy are discussed. 10.1177/001872678804101004 IS - 10 JF - Human Relations EP - 767 TI - Perceptions of injustice in a black community: dimensions and variation VL - 41 SP - 753 KW - discrimination KW - measurement KW - methods KW - racism KW - scale-development AU - Adams, James AU - Dressler, William PY - 1988/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872678804101004 ER -