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Instrument Title

People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Stigma Index

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Source Article

Peltzer, K., & Pengpid, S. (2019). Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Enacted, Internalized And Anticipated Stigma Among People Living With HIV In South Africa: Results Of The First National Survey. HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.), 11, 275–285. https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S229285

Response Options

Yes/No

Survey Items

Experiences of HIV-related stigma in the past 12 months at least once:

Enacted stigma:

  1. Social gatherings
  2. Family activities
  3. Religious activities
  4. Workplace activities
  5. School/university activities
  6. Being gossiped about
  7. Experienced discrimination
  8. Verbally insulted and harassment
  9. Physically harassed
  10. Physically assaulted
Internalized stigma
  1. Blaming oneself
  2. Ashamed
  3. Guilty
  4. Blaming others
  5. Having low self-esteem
  6. Should be punished
  7. Suicidal
Avoidance due to internalized stigma
  1. Decided not to have (more) children
  2. Decided not to get married
  3. Decided not to have sex
  4. Chosen not to attend social gatherings
  5. Isolated oneself from family or friends
  6. Avoided going to a local clinic/doctor when needed to
  7. Decided not to apply for a job or promotion
  8. Made the decision to stop working
  9. Withdrew from/did not take opportunity for education
  10. Avoided going to hospital when needed to
Anticipated Stigma
  1. Being gossiped about
  2. Someone would not want to be sexually intimate with self
  3. Being verbally insulted/harassed/threatened
  4. Being physically insulted/harassed/threatened
  5. Being physically assaulted

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.78 (Enacted Stigma); 0.87 (Internalized Stigma); 0.77 (Avoidance); 0.81 (Anticipated Stigma)

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:

Peltzer, K., & Pengpid, S. (2019). Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Enacted, Internalized And Anticipated Stigma Among People Living With HIV In South Africa: Results Of The First National Survey. HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.), 11, 275–285. https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S229285

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.