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Instrument Title

Stigma Scale for ALWH

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Source Article

Kamitani, E., Chen, J. L., Portillo, C., Tokumoto, J., & Dawson-Rose, C. (2018). Shortened and Culturally Appropriate HIV Stigma Scale for Asians Living with HIV in the United States: Psychometric Analysis. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 29(4), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2018.02.007

Response Options

4-point ordinal scale ranging from 1 to 4

Survey Items

Personalized Stigma/Disclosure

  1. I have stopped socializing with some people because of their reactions to my having HIV.
  2. I have lost friends by telling them I have HIV.
  3. I have been hurt by how people reacted to learning I have HIV.
  4. I am very careful whom I tell that I have HIV.
  5. I disappointed my family and feel more distant from them since telling them I have HIV.
  6. I worry that people who know I have HIV will tell others.
  7. I have a friend or family member who might know I am HIV positive, but I am afraid to ask and find out for sure.
Negative Self-Image
  1. Having HIV makes me feel unclean.
  2. I feel that I am not as good a person as others because I have HIV.
  3. Having HV makes me feel that I’m a bad person.
Public Attitude
  1. Most people with HIV are rejected when others find out.
  2. Most people do not have enough HIV knowledge to understand me.
  3. Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting.

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.92

Validity

Content and construct validity (using convergent and divergent validities)

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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:

Kamitani, E., Chen, J. L., Portillo, C., Tokumoto, J., & Dawson-Rose, C. (2018). Shortened and Culturally Appropriate HIV Stigma Scale for Asians Living with HIV in the United States: Psychometric Analysis. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 29(4), 560–569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2018.02.007

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.