Psychometric assessment of scales measuring HIV public stigma, drug-use public stigma and fear of HIV infection among young adolescents and their parents

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-45

  Ha, Toan Huu ^a   Liu, Hongjie ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Nield, Jennifer ^a   Lu, Zhouping ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; drug use public stigma; HIV public stigma; measurement scale; psychometric assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG USE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863160001     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.592820     Document Type: Article

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