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Instrument Title

Adapted AIDS-related Stigma Scale

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Source Article

Wei, C., Cheung, D. H., Yan, H., Li, J., Shi, L. E., & Raymond, H. F. (2016). The Impact of Homophobia and HIV Stigma on HIV Testing Uptake Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: a Mediation Analysis. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 71(1), 87–93. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000815

Response Options

Agree/disagree

Survey Items

  1. People who have AIDS are dirty.
  2. People who have AIDS are cursed.
  3. People who have AIDS should be ashamed.
  4. It is safe for people with AIDS to work with children.
  5. People who have AIDS must expect some restrictions to their freedom.
  6. A person with AIDS must have done something wrong and deserves to be punished.
  7. People who have HIV should be isolated.
  8. I do not want to be friends with someone who has AIDS.
  9. People who have AIDS should not be allowed to work.
  10. HIV-infected individuals must have been promiscuous.
  11. I would distant myself from a friend who became infected with HIV.

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.805

Validity

Validity information was not available.

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Wei, C., Cheung, D. H., Yan, H., Li, J., Shi, L. E., & Raymond, H. F. (2016). The Impact of Homophobia and HIV Stigma on HIV Testing Uptake Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: a Mediation Analysis. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 71(1), 87–93. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000815

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.