Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India

We used data from 660 people living with HIV in southern India to evaluate the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed the presence of 2 factors: a 2-item factor related to disclosure concerns and a 4-item factor...

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Autores principales: Chan, Brian T., Pradeep, Amrose, Chandrasekaran, Ezhilarasi, Prasad, Lakshmi, Murugesan, Vinothini, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Mayer, Kenneth H., Tsai, Alexander C.
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325958219831025
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author Chan, Brian T.
Pradeep, Amrose
Chandrasekaran, Ezhilarasi
Prasad, Lakshmi
Murugesan, Vinothini
Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran
Mayer, Kenneth H.
Tsai, Alexander C.
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Pradeep, Amrose
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description We used data from 660 people living with HIV in southern India to evaluate the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed the presence of 2 factors: a 2-item factor related to disclosure concerns and a 4-item factor related to self-hatred. The self-hatred factor demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach α = .80). As evidence of construct validity, both factors were correlated with depression symptom severity as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Further study is needed to understand the correlates of these factors and their impact on the Indian HIV care continuum.
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spelling pubmed-67484762019-11-04 Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India Chan, Brian T. Pradeep, Amrose Chandrasekaran, Ezhilarasi Prasad, Lakshmi Murugesan, Vinothini Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran Mayer, Kenneth H. Tsai, Alexander C. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care Short Communication We used data from 660 people living with HIV in southern India to evaluate the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed the presence of 2 factors: a 2-item factor related to disclosure concerns and a 4-item factor related to self-hatred. The self-hatred factor demonstrated acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach α = .80). As evidence of construct validity, both factors were correlated with depression symptom severity as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Further study is needed to understand the correlates of these factors and their impact on the Indian HIV care continuum. SAGE Publications 2019-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6748476/ /pubmed/30782053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325958219831025 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Chan, Brian T.
Pradeep, Amrose
Chandrasekaran, Ezhilarasi
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Murugesan, Vinothini
Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran
Mayer, Kenneth H.
Tsai, Alexander C.
Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India
title Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India
title_full Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India
title_fullStr Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India
title_full_unstemmed Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India
title_short Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale in Southern India
title_sort reliability, validity, and factor structure of the internalized aids-related stigma scale in southern india
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6748476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30782053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325958219831025
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