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Assessing Anti-White Attitudes and Predicting Perceived Racism: The Johnson-Lecci Scale

Len Lecci

University of North Carolina–Wilmington

Five studies are herein reported to describe the development and preliminary validation of the Johnson-Lecci Scale (JLS), a multicomponent self-report measure of anti-White attitudes held among Blacks. Items were generated from the everyday experiences of Black respondents using an act-frequency approach, and the scale configuration was derived using factor analysis. The factor structure was shown to be robust because it was cross-validated in an independent sample. The resulting JLS factors (subscales) were ingroup-directed stigmatization and discriminatory expectations, outgroup-directed negative beliefs, negative views toward ingroup-outgroup relations, and negative verbal expression toward the outgroup. These subscales were shown to predict the interpretations of ambiguously racist scenarios (i.e., perceived racism) and converged with peer evaluations of the target’s anti-White attitudes. The subscales also demonstrate both convergent and discriminant validity with other self-report assessments of bias relating to age, gender, education, socioeconomic status, and race.

Key Words: anti-White bias • perceived racism • Johnson-Lecci Scale • JLS

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 3, 299-312 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202250041


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