Translation and Validation of Perceived Discrimination Scale in the Urdu Language

Abstract

Perceived discrimination is an area that has been recognized as one of the important strains in relation to antisocial and delinquent outcomes. The purpose of this study was to translate and confirm the factor structure of the Perceived Discrimination Scale (PDS) in the Urdu language. The validation and translation were done in three phases. During phase I, the scale was translated using the standard forward and backward translation procedure. Language equivalence was established on a sample of 100 young adults (N = 100; 56 men and 44 women) through cross-language validation in phase II. Construct validity of the scale was established in phase III consisting of an independent study of 326 young adults with an age range from 18 to 25 (M = 21.23; SD = 1.68). The data was collected from universities across Pakistan. The factor structure of the scale was evaluated through two models: a two-factor structure model with Perceived Individual Discrimination and Perceived Group Discrimination and a unification model. The findings confirmed the factor structure of both the first-order and higher-order models of PDS. The findings confirmed the PDS as a psychometrically sound tool for measuring perceived discrimination in the Pakistani context