Measurement of stigma in people with HIV: A reexamination of the HIV stigma scale

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-208

  Bunn, Janice Yanushka ^a   Solomon, Sondra E ^b   Miller, Carol ^b   Forehand, Rex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34250372503     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.3.198     Document Type: Article

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