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HIV Stigma-by-Association Scale for Adolescents

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Source Article

Mason, S., Berger, B., Ferrans, C., Sultzman, V., & Fendrich, M. (2010). Developing a measure of stigma by association with African American adolescents whose mothers have HIV. Research on Social Work Practice, 20, 6573.

Response Options

Strongly disagree (SD), disagree (D), agree (A), or strongly agree (SA)

Survey Items

We would like to ask you some questions about having a mother with HIV. There are no right or wrong answers. We just want to know what you think. All of the items are statements describing what it is like for a teen to have a mother with HIV. When we say, “mother”, we mean the person who you live with and who you consider to be your parent. That person might be your aunt or grandmother, for example, but she is helping raise you, rather than your birth mother. We want to know how much your experience is like each statement. The choices for answering the questions are strongly disagree (SD), disagree (D), agree (A), or strongly agree (SA). As I read each item out loud, decide how much your experiences or feelings are like the statement and tell me how much you agree or disagree with each statement.

  1. Telling someone my mom has HIV is risky.
  2. I feel worse about myself because my mom has HIV.
  3. Even my best friend doesn’t know that my mom has HIV.
  4. I avoid making new friends because my mom has HIV.
  5. Because my mom has HIV, I feel set apart and isolated from the rest of the world.
  6. I worry about being rejected if others find out that my mom has HIV.
  7. I am very careful who I tell that my mom has HIV.
  8. I worry that other people can tell that my mom has HIV.
  9. It hurts me to hear my friends make fun of people with HIV.
  10. I try to hide the fact that my mom has HIV.
  11. Many of my friends don’t know that my mom has HIV.
  12. People would avoid touching me if they knew my mom has HIV.
  13. People would stop calling me when they found out my mom has HIV.
  14. Parents wouldn’t want me around their kids if they knew my mom has HIV.
  15. Friends would drop me if they knew my mom has HIV.
  16. People would be afraid of me if they knew my mom has HIV.
  17. People would grow more distant if they knew my mom has HIV.
  18. If people knew my mom has HIV, I wouldn’t be able to get a date.
  19. People would look down on me if they knew my mom has HIV.
  20. I wish I didn’t have to keep my mom’s HIV a secret.
  21. People would think I’m a bad person if they knew my mom has HIV.
  22. If someone knows my mom has HIV, they might use it against me.

    23. The next questions are about how OTHERS feel or think about people with HIV/AIDS.

  23. People with HIV are treated like outcasts when others know they have HIV.
  24. Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting.

    25. Internal Reliability

    Cronbach’s α=0.866

    Validity

    Convergent and predictive validity

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    Terms Of Use

    Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

    Mason, S., Berger, B., Ferrans, C., Sultzman, V., & Fendrich, M. (2010). Developing a measure of stigma by association with African American adolescents whose mothers have HIV. Research on Social Work Practice, 20, 6573.

    When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.