The International AIDS Questionnaire- English Version (IAQ-E): Assessing the validity and reliability

Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 29-42

  Davis, Cindy ^a   Sloan, Melissa ^b   MacMaster, Samuel ^a   Hughes, Leslie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Measures; Prevention; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNATIONAL AIDS QUESTIONNAIRE; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

EID: 34249285470     PISSN: 15538346     EISSN: 15538613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J499v07n02_03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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