Re-validation of the Van Rie HIV/AIDS-related stigma scale for use with people living with HIV in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Kipp, Aaron M ^a   Audet, Carolyn M ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^b   Owens, Jared ^c   McGowan, Catherine C ^a   Wallston, Kenneth A ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BERGER ENACTED STIGMA SUBSCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VAN RIE HIV AIDS RELATED STIGMA SCALE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928969537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118836     Document Type: Article

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