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A scale to measure Symbolic and Perceived HIV Stigma

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Source Article

Haffejee, F., Maughan-Brown, B., Buthelezi, T., & Kharsany, A. B. M. (2018). Perceived HIV-related stigma among university students in South Africa: implications for HIV testing. African journal of AIDS research : AJAR, 17(2), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2018.1439512

Response Options

5-point Likert scale (0=strongly disagree to 4=strongly agree)

Survey Items

Symbolic stigma

  1. Families of people with HIV should be ashamed
  2. People with HIV should be ashamed
  3. People with HIV/AIDS are cursed
  4. People with HIV/AIDS are dirty
  5. People with HIV must have done something wrong and deserved to be punished
Discrimination
  1. It is reasonable for an employer to fire people who have HIV/AIDS
  2. People with HIV/AIDS should be isolated from other people
  3. I don’t want to be friends with someone who has HIV/AIDS
Perceived stigma in the university environment
  1. People with HIV/AIDS in the university environment face rejection from their peers
  2. People with HIV/AIDS in the university environment face verbal abuse or teasing
  3. People who are suspected of having HIV/AIDS in the university environment lose respect
  4. People with HIV/AIDS in the university environment face physical abuse
Perceived stigma in the home/community environment
  1. People with HIV/AIDS in my home community face rejection form their peers
  2. People with HIV/AIDS in my home community face verbal abuse/teasing
  3. People with HIV/AIDS in my home community who are suspected of having HIV/AIDS lose respect
  4. People with HIV/AIDS in my home community face physical abuse

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.73 (symbolic stigma), 0.73 (discrimination), 0.77 (perceived stigma in the university environment), 0.87 (perceived in the home/community environment)

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:

Haffejee, F., Maughan-Brown, B., Buthelezi, T., & Kharsany, A. B. M. (2018). Perceived HIV-related stigma among university students in South Africa: implications for HIV testing. African journal of AIDS research : AJAR, 17(2), 109–118. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2018.1439512

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.