Measuring everyday overlapping social stress for Black people with disabilities
Developing and Validating a Quantitative Measure of Daily Interlocking Social Stressors for Black People with Disabilities
This project will create a short daily questionnaire to capture the overlapping stigma and stress that Black people with disabilities experience.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Yale University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New Haven, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11070376 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would help researchers build and test a brief questionnaire that records daily experiences of stigma tied to being Black and having a disability. The team will start by interviewing Black people with disabilities and experts to draft questions. They will refine items through cognitive interviews and a 7-day daily diary pilot where participants report experiences each day. Finally, the measure will be tested for reliability and how well it captures changing stress across contexts.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are adults who identify as Black and as having one or more disabilities and who can complete interviews and daily diary entries.
Not a fit: People who are not Black or do not have a disability, or those seeking direct medical treatment rather than survey-based research, are unlikely to gain direct benefit from participating.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the tool could help clinicians and researchers recognize and track daily stigma that contributes to poorer health and guide better-targeted supports.
How similar studies have performed: Daily-diary approaches and stigma questionnaires have worked in other groups, but a focused, validated measure for the intersection of Black identity and disability is a new effort.
Where this research is happening
New Haven, United States
- Yale University — New Haven, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wang, Peng — Yale University
- Study coordinator: Wang, Peng
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.