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Instrument Title

Abbreviated Stigma Scale

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Source Article

Wright, K., Naar-King, S., Lam, P., Templin, T., & Frey, M. (2007). Stigma scale revised: reliability and validity of a brief measure of stigma for HIV+ youth. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 40(1), 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.08.001

Response Options

5-point Likert scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree

Survey Items

Personalized Stigma

  1. I have been hurt by how people reacted to learning I have HIV.
  2. I have stopped socializing with some people because of their reactions of my having HIV.
  3. I have lost friends by telling them I have HIV.
Disclosure
  1. I am very careful who I tell that I have HIV.
  2. I worry that people who know I have HIV will tell others.
Negative self-image
  1. I feel that I am not as good a person as others because I have HIV.
  2. Having HIV makes me feel unclean.

    3. Internal Reliability

    Cronbach’s α=0.75 (Personalized stigma); 0.73 (Disclosure); 0.84 (Negative self-image); 0.72 (Public attitudes)

    Validity

    Specific type of validity assessed not stated.

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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:

    Wright, K., Naar-King, S., Lam, P., Templin, T., & Frey, M. (2007). Stigma scale revised: reliability and validity of a brief measure of stigma for HIV+ youth. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 40(1), 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.08.001

    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.