Multiple dimensions of HIV stigma and psychological distress among Asians and Pacific Islanders living with HIV illness

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Kang, Ezer ^a,b   Rapkin, Bruce D ^c   Remien, Robert H ^a   Mellins, Claude Ann ^a,b   Oh, Alina ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Seton Hall University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; HIV AIDS; Pacific Islanders; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREDICTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEW YORK CITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC OPINION; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 21244485798     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-3896-9     Document Type: Article

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