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Modified SAT-PLWHA-S

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Source Article

James, T. G., Gebru, N. M., Ryan, S. J., & Cheong, J. (2021). Measuring dimensions of HIV-related stigma among college students. Stigma and Health, 6(3), 296–303. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000266 <br> James, T. G., & Ryan, S. J. (2018). HIV knowledge mediates the relationship between HIV testing history and stigma in college students. Journal of American College Health, 66(7), 561–569. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1432623

Response Options

4-point Likert scale

Survey Items

Concerns of occasional encounters

  1. Being around someone who has HIV does not bother me.
  2. I would not be worried for my health if a coworker had HIV.
  3. It would not bother me if there was a boarding house for people with HIV on my street.
  4. If I had a roommate and discovered they were infected with HIV, it would not bother me.

    5. Avoidance of personal contact

  5. I could not be friends with someone who has HIV.
  6. I would limit my contact with a person who I know has HIV.
  7. I would not hug someone with HIV.

    8. Responsibility and blame

  8. People who use injectable drugs deserve to have HIV.
  9. My support for a person living with HIV depends on how the person was infected.
  10. I am disgusted by persons who were infected with HIV during homosexual relations.
  11. People who are infected with HIV because they have not used a condom deserve what they get.
  12. People with HIV have only themselves to blame.
  13. Most people with HIV are responsible for having their illness.

    14. Liberalism

  14. To fight HIV, it is necessary that young people do not have sex.
  15. Reinforcement of traditional sexual values will help control the spread of HIV.
  16. The arrival of HIV is linked to the fact that people have more sexual freedom.
  17. The spread of HIV is linked to the decline of moral values.

    18. Nondiscrimination

  18. People who have HIV should have the right to work serving the public, as waiters-waitresses, cooks, hairdressers.
  19. Children with HIV should be allowed to go to day-care.
  20. Doctors with HIV should be allowed to go on working with their patients.
  21. People with HIV should be allowed to immigrate to the United States.

    22. Social policy

  22. Doctors should report the names of people with HIV to the government.
  23. Transmitting HIV should be punishable by law.
  24. People who know they are infected with HIV and who transmit the virus are criminals.

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.905

Validity

Discriminant, concomitant, convergent validity

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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:

James, T. G., Gebru, N. M., Ryan, S. J., & Cheong, J. (2021). Measuring dimensions of HIV-related stigma among college students. Stigma and Health, 6(3), 296–303. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000266 <br> James, T. G., & Ryan, S. J. (2018). HIV knowledge mediates the relationship between HIV testing history and stigma in college students. Journal of American College Health, 66(7), 561–569. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1432623

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.