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. 2022 Nov 28;17(11):e0277077.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277077. eCollection 2022.

Adaptation and validation of the Johnson-Lecci scale to assess anti-white bias among black UK minority group members

Kim Dierckx  1 , Alain Van Hiel  1 , James D Johnson  2 , Len Lecci  3 , Barbara Valcke  1 , Eva Kefilwe Sekwena  4
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Adaptation and validation of the Johnson-Lecci scale to assess anti-white bias among black UK minority group members

Kim Dierckx et al. PLoS One. .

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Abstract

The present study (total N = 901) set out to construct and validate a culturally sensitive instrument to examine anti-White bias among Black UK minority group members. Our novel measure of anti-White bias-which we called the AWB scale-was based upon the Johnson-Lecci scale (JLS; 2003) a questionnaire designed to measure anti-White attitudes among Black Americans. Studies 1 and 2 provided converging evidence for the AWB's four-factor dimensionality, its structural characteristics, its temporal stability and its external validity in Black UK samples, attesting to the consistency of minorities' experience of anti-majority bias in two very different societal contexts. Moreover, Study 3 evidenced our measure's utility for understanding reactions to various relevant contemporary societal events. Theoretical contributions to the literature on intergroup bias are delineated and compared with majority-to-minority prejudice.

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Fig 1. Comparison of actual (red line) and observed (blue line) canonical correlations between AWB and sets of items sharing an underlying theme.
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