Validation of a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with HIV/AIDS-affected youth in South Africa

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

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-222

  Boyes, Mark E ^a   Mason, Sally J ^b   Cluver, Lucie D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; South Africa; stigma by association; validation; youth

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JUVENILE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORPHANED CHILD; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA BY ASSOCIATION SCALE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871262902     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.699668     Document Type: Article

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