Measuring perceived racism and psychosis in African-Caribbean patients in the United Kingdom: the modified perceived racism scale

Table 2 Principal components factor analysis (orthogonal rotation) of items measuring frequency of exposure to perceived racism; comparison with original PRS

Factor 1: Frequency of Exposure to Racism on the Job/Mental Health Services	Item loading (Job)	Item loading (Mental Health Services)	Variance (Job)	Variance (Mental Health Services)	Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha (Job)	Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha (Mental Health Services)
Item Number			6%	20%	0.91	0.92
One	0.6318	0.4708
Two	0.6523	0.5791
Three	0.6948	0.6450
Four	0.6951	0.5900
Six	0.6475	0.3205
Seven	0.6232	0.4753
Eight	0.6561	0.6206
Nine	0.6232	0.5257
Ten	0.5766	0.5433