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Table 5 Adapted GRMS frequency scale items, correlations, means and standard deviations

From: Racism in obstetric care: a psychometric study of the Gendered Racial Microaggressions Scale among Global Majority birthing people in obstetric contexts 

Item

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

M

SD

Full Sample

 1. I have felt unheard

1.0

        

0.59

1.20

 2. My comments have been ignored

0.92

1.0

       

0.49

1.11

 3. Someone challenged my autonomy 

0.75

0.82

1.0

      

0.29

0.89

 4. I have been disrespected

0.76

0.78

0.80

1.0

     

0.31

0.93

 5. Someone has tried to “put me in my place”

0.75

0.79

0.87

0.92

1.0

    

0.24

0.82

 6. Felt excluded from services or resources 

0.74

0.81

0.80

0.87

0.86

1.0

   

0.26

0.87

 7. Assumed I did not have much to contribute to the conversation regarding my care 

0.78

0.80

0.78

0.86

0.88

0.86

1.0

  

0.30

0.92

 8. Someone told me to calm down

0.64

0.70

0.74

0.76

0.83

0.71

0.76

1.0

 

0.45

1.07

 9. Someone accused me of being angry when speaking assertively 

0.67

0.72

0.79

0.79

0.86

0.73

0.78

0.83

1.0

0.29

0.93

Asian Participants

 1. I have felt unheard

1.0

        

0.32

0.65

 2. My comments have been ignored

 

1.0

       

0.32

0.72

 3. Someone challenged my autonomy 

0.53

0.64

1.0

      

0.17

0.50

 4. I have been disrespected

0.73

0.66

0.26

1.0

     

0.09

0.37

 5. Someone has tried to “put me in my place”

0.63

0.58

0.58

0.79

1.0

    

0.10

0.38

 6. Felt excluded from services or resources 

0.63

0.58

0.58

0.95

0.73

1.0

   

0.10

0.37

 7. Assumed I did not have much to contribute to the conversation regarding my care 

0.95

0.96

0.75

0.82

0.76

0.76

1.0

  

0.22

0.62

 8. Someone told me to calm down

0.51

0.48

0.35

0.49

0.77

0.59

0.31

1.0

 

0.34

0.88

 9. Someone accused me of being angry when speaking assertively 

0.50

0.46

0.50

0.41

0.68

0.69

0.10

0.96

1.0

0.20

0.72

Black Participants

 1. I have felt unheard

1.0

        

0.53

1.10

 2. My comments have been ignored

0.93

1.0

       

0.41

1.00

 3. Someone challenged my autonomy 

0.86

0.90

1.0

      

0.22

0.74

 4. I have been disrespected

0.78

0.77

0.75

1.0

     

0.38

1.00

 5. Someone has tried to “put me in my place”

0.78

0.81

0.86

0.93

1.0

    

0.28

0.90

 6. Felt excluded from services or resources 

0.81

0.88

0.94

0.82

0.88

1.0

   

0.28

0.86

 7. Assumed I did not have much to contribute to the conversation regarding my care 

0.78

0.81

0.79

0.89

0.88

0.85

1.0

  

0.28

0.88

 8. Someone told me to calm down

0.64

0.75

0.72

0.81

0.88

0.84

0.88

1.0

 

0.37

0.93

 9. Someone accused me of being angry when speaking assertively 

0.74

0.78

0.80

0.88

0.90

0.83

0.87

0.94

1.0

0.25

0.82

Hispanic Participants

 1. I have felt unheard

1.0

        

0.57

1.23

 2. My comments have been ignored

0.90

1.0

       

0.48

1.12

 3. Someone challenged my autonomy 

0.71

0.78

1.0

      

0.32

0.90

 4. I have been disrespected

0.70

0.75

0.89

1.0

     

0.24

0.82

 5. Someone has tried to “put me in my place”

0.64

0.70

0.91

0.87

1.0

    

0.18

0.68

 6. Felt excluded from services or resources 

0.66

0.73

0.69

0.81

0.73

1.0

   

0.22

0.82

 7. Assumed I did not have much to contribute to the conversation regarding my care 

0.76

0.75

0.81

0.79

0.83

0.82

1.0

  

0.30

0.95

 8. Someone told me to calm down

0.57

0.63

0.79

0.72

0.79

0.50

0.62

1.0

 

0.55

1.17

 9. Someone accused me of being angry when speaking assertively 

0.61

0.68

0.82

0.77

0.79

0.63

0.74

0.87

1.0

0.33

0.98

  1. N = 399. Item scale range: (0 = never to 5 = all the time); Polychoric correlations reported. Empirical reliability = 0.67