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Revised HIV Stigma Scale

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Source Article

Bunn, J. Y., Solomon, S. E., Miller, C., & Forehand, R. (2007). Measurement of stigma in people with HIV: a reexamination of the HIV Stigma Scale. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 19(3), 198–208. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2007.19.3.198

Response Options

4-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree)

Survey Items

Below is a list of thing that might happen to people living with HIV/AIDS. Please read each one carefully, and circle the number corresponding to the response that best describes the degree to which you agree or disagree with each. Circle only one number for each item and do not skip any.

  1. In many areas of my life, no one knows tat I have HIV/AIDS. (DIS)
  2. I feel guilty because I have HIV/AIDS. (NEG)
  3. People’s attitudes about HIV/AIDS make me feel worse about myself. (NEG)
  4. Telling someone I have HIV/AIDS is risky. (DIS)
  5. Most people with HIV/AIDS lose their jobs when employers learn that they have HIV/AIDS. (PUB)
  6. I work hard to keep my HIV/AIDS a secret. (DIS)
  7. I feel I’m not as good as others because I have HIV/AIDS. (NEG)
  8. I never feel ashamed of having HIV/AIDS. (NEG)
  9. People with HIV/AIDS are treated like outcasts. (PUB)
  10. Most people believe a person who has HIV/AIDS is dirty. (PUB)
  11. Having HIV/AIDS makes me feel unclean. (NEG)
  12. Most people think that a person with HIV/AIDS is disgusting. (PUB)
  13. Having HIV/AIDS makes me feel that I’m a bad person. (NEG)
  14. Most people with HIV/AIDS are rejected when others learn that they have HIV/AIDS. (PUB)
  15. I am very careful who I tell that I have HIV/AIDS. (DIS)
  16. Some people who know that I have HIV/AIDS have grown more distant. (ENA)
  17. Most people are uncomfortable around someone with HIV/AIDS. (PUB)
  18. I never felt that I have to hide the fact that I have HIV/AIDS. (DIS)
  19. I worry that people may judge me when they learn that I have HIV/AIDS. (DIS)
  20. Having HIV/AIDS is disgusting to me. (NEG)
  21. I am hurt by how people reacted to learning I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  22. I worry people who know that I have HIV/AIDS will tell others. (DIS)
  23. I regret having told some people that I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  24. People avoid touching me if they know I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  25. People I care about stopped calling me after learning that I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  26. People don’t want me around their children once they know that I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  27. People have physically backed away from me because I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  28. I have stopped socializing with some people due to their reactions. (ENA)
  29. I have lost friends by telling them that I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
  30. I told people close to me to keep my HIV/AIDS a secret. (DIS)
  31. People who know that I have HIV/AIDS ignore my good points. (ENA)
  32. People seem afraid of me because I have HIV/AIDS. (ENA)
ENA: Enacted Stigma
DIS: Disclosure Concerns
PUB: Concern with Public Attitudes
NEG: Negative Self-Image

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α = 0.915 (Enacted stigma); 0.820 (Disclosure concerns); 0.850 (Negative Self-Image); 0.914 (Concern with Public Attitudes)

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:

Bunn, J. Y., Solomon, S. E., Miller, C., & Forehand, R. (2007). Measurement of stigma in people with HIV: a reexamination of the HIV Stigma Scale. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 19(3), 198–208. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2007.19.3.198

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.