Hello -

I am a PhD student (hopefully soon to be PhD candidate) at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work. For my dissertation, I plan to create and validate an ableist microaggressions scale, and then examine how experiences of ableist microaggressions impact disabled folks.

I'm having a little trouble figuring out how I can establish convergent and/or divergent validity, given that most research on ableism is qualitative, and there are no "experiences of ableism" scales (at least that I have found) to use for correlation purposes. Does anyone have suggestions on similar constructs (which are measurable in a survey) that would be convergent with experiencing ableist microaggressions, or suggestions for things that likely should not be correlated that I could use as evidence of divergent validity?

Any suggestions would be great appreciated.

Thank you,

Shanna

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Shanna Katz Kattari, M.Ed, ACS
PhD Student & Adjunct Faculty, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
Affiliate Faculty, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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