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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2015 May 18;27(3):965–974. doi: 10.1037/pas0000069

Table 2.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

Factor*

Item 1 2 3 4 5
1. Because of your ethnicity/race, how often have you been treated unfairly by co-workers or classmates? 0.75
2. Because of your ethnicity/race, how often have others hinted that you are dishonest or can’t be trusted? 0.82
3. Because of your ethnicity/race, how often have others ignored you or not paid attention to you? 0.74
4. Because of your ethnicity/race, how often have people not trusted you? 0.79
5. Being discriminated against because of your race, nationality, gender, or sexual orientation. 0.55
6. When you were growing up, your family argued and fought a lot. 0.61
7. When you were growing up, people in your family hit each other or threw or broke things when there were arguments or disagreements. 0.67
8. When you were growing up, people in your family had problems with alcohol or drugs. 0.56
9. Not having enough money to cover the basic needs of life, such as food, clothing, and housing. 0.41
10. No reliable source of transportation, such as a car that works or reliable bus service. 0.38
11. Losing the help of someone you depend on, such as person moved, got sick, or otherwise was unavailable. 0.44
12. Has anyone tried to assault or attack you on the street or in a public space? 0.71
13. Have you ever been in any other situation in which you feared you might be killed or seriously injured? 0.71
14. Have you ever seen someone seriously injured or killed? 0.65
15. Has your partner or ex-partner ever threatened you or made you feel afraid or unsafe for any reason? 0.71
16. Has your partner or ex-partner ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or otherwise physically hurt you for any reason? 0.81
17. Has your partner or ex-partner ever insulted you or called you names (e.g. “stupid”)? 0.77
18. Since the age of 18, have you ever been forced to have sex (penetration with a penis or object)? 0.27
19. Since the age of 18, has anyone ever attempted to force you to have sex? 0.28
20. Did anyone over the age of 18 touch you sexually (score 1) or put an object inside your mouth, vagina, or butt (score 2) before you were 18 years old? (score 0 if none) 0.89
21. Before you were 18 years old, did one (score 2) or more (score 3) people over the age of 18 penetrate you sexually? (score 0 if none) 0.90
*

Factors referred to 1) Perceived discrimination, 2) Violence in the family, 3) Fear you might be killed or seriously injured, 4) Intimate partner violence (IPV), and 5) Any sexual abuse (ASA/CSA);

Item selected for screener. Note that some factors were represented by composite questions, so not every factor has a selected item noted.