Stigma against children affected by AIDS (SACAA): Psychometric evaluation of a brief measurement scale

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1302-1312

  Zhao, Junfeng ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a,b   Fang, Xiaoyi ^c   Hong, Yan ^d   Zhao, Guoxiang ^a   Lin, Xiuyun ^c   Zhang, Liying ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS orphans; China; HIV stigma; Vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79952279277     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9629-8     Document Type: Article

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