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Adapting and validating the Everyday Colourism Scale with Black and South Asian adolescents living in the UK

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Colourism is a form of prejudice and discrimination based on skin shade and phenotypical features that can be experienced from people belonging to the same racialised group (ingroup) as well as from those from different racialised groups (outgroup). This paper presents the Everyday Colourism Scale-Adolescents (ECS-A), an adaptation of the Everyday Colourism Scale which was developed for adults in the UK. Following pilot and consultancy phases, we conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis using survey data from 714 Black and South Asian adolescents living in the UK. Results showed that the 16-item scale was unidimensional with a good model fit and good internal consistency, indicating that the ECS-A demonstrates good reliability and validity for use with Black and South Asian adolescents in the UK. Most participants reported some, albeit infrequent, experience of colourism. The ECS-A scale is free for researchers to use with appropriate credit.

Source: Ethnic and Racial Studies

DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2025.2591825

Authors: Nadia Craddock, Aisha Phoenix, Paul White

Institutions: University of the West of England, King's College London

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: UK Research and Innovation