Development and psychometric assessment of a multidimensional measure of internalized HIV stigma in a sample of HIV-positive adults

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 748-758

  Sayles, Jennifer N ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a,b   Sarkisian, Catherine A ^a   Mahajan, Anish P ^a   Spritzer, Karen L ^a   Cunningham, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Healthcare; HIV related stigma; Measurement; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50049126399     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9375-3     Document Type: Article

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