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The Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) Scale (SAT-PLWHA-S)

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Source Article

Beaulieu, M., Adrien, A., Potvin, L., Dassa, C., & Comité consultatif sur les attitudes envers les PVVIH (2014). Stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS: validation of a measurement scale. BMC public health, 14, 1246. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1246

Response Options

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

Survey Items

  1. Being around some who has AIDS does not bother me.
  2. I would not be worried for my health if a co-worker had AIDS.
  3. It would not bother me if there was a boarding house for people with AIDS on my street.
  4. I could not be friends with someone who has AIDS.
  5. I would limit my contact with a person whom I know is infected with AIDS.
  6. I would not hug someone with AIDS.
  7. People who use injectable drugs deserve to have AIDS.
  8. My support for a person living with AIDS depends on how the person was infected.
  9. I am disgusted by persons who were infected during homosexual relations.
  10. To fight AIDS, it is necessary that young people not have sex.
  11. Reinforcement of traditional sexual values will help to control AIDS.
  12. The arrival of AIDS is linked to the fact that people have more sexual freedom.
  13. The spread of AIDS is linked to the decline of moral values.
  14. People who have AIDS should have the right to work serving the public, as waiters-waitresses, cooks, hairdressers.
  15. Children who are infected with the AIDS virus should be able to go to day-care.
  16. Doctors with AIDS should be allowed to go on working with their patients.
  17. People who are infected with the AIDS virus because they have not used a condom deserve what they get.
  18. People infected with the AIDS virus should be allowed to immigrate to Canada.
  19. If I had a roommate and discovered he was infected with the AIDS virus, it would not bother me.
  20. Transmitting the AIDS virus should be punishable by law.
  21. I have the right to know if someone around me is infected with the AIDS virus.
  22. People with AIDS only have themselves to blame.
  23. People who know they are infected with the AIDS virus and who transmit the virus are criminals.
  24. When screening test indicates that someone is infected with the AIDS virus, results should remain confidential.
  25. Transmitting the AIDS virus is a crime.
  26. Most people with AIDS are responsible for having their illness.
  27. Doctors should report the names of people with AIDS to the government.

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.88

Validity

Discriminant, construct, criterion-related, and concomitant validity

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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:

Beaulieu, M., Adrien, A., Potvin, L., Dassa, C., & Comité consultatif sur les attitudes envers les PVVIH (2014). Stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS: validation of a measurement scale. BMC public health, 14, 1246. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1246

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.