Poku Kwabena A, Linn J Gary, Fife Betsy L, Azar Sherry, Kendrick Lorna
Health Services Management Department, University of Ghana Business School.
SAHARA J. 2005 Nov;2(3):344-51. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2005.9724859.
The purpose of this paper was to address two questions: (i) Do Ghanaian and African American males with HIV/AIDS experience different types and degrees of stigma? and (ii) Is the impact of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS on the self different for Ghanaian and African American males? A quantitative method was used, and the four dimensions of stigma (social rejection, financial insecurity, internalised shame, and social interaction) were identified and measured using combination Likert-type questionnaires. Data regarding positive feelings of self-worth and self-deprecation, stress related to body image, and personal control were also collected in Ghana and the southeastern USA. The sample consisted of 55 men from Ghana and 55 men from the southeastern USA. Results indicate that values for the scales measuring stigma and self-perception were significantly higher for the Ghanaian sample than for the African American sample. Thus we conclude that the Ghanaian sample living with HIV/AIDS experienced a greater amount of negative self-perception and stigma-related strife than the African American sample.
（i）感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的加纳男性和非裔美国男性是否经历不同类型和程度的耻辱感？以及（ii）艾滋病毒/艾滋病相关耻辱感对加纳男性和非裔美国男性自我的影响是否不同？采用了定量方法，使用组合李克特式问卷来识别和测量耻辱感的四个维度（社会排斥、经济不安全、内化羞耻和社会互动）。在加纳和美国东南部还收集了有关自我价值感和自我贬低的积极感受、与身体形象相关的压力以及个人控制的数据。样本包括55名来自加纳的男性和55名来自美国东南部的男性。结果表明，加纳样本中测量耻辱感和自我认知的量表得分显著高于非裔美国样本。因此，我们得出结论，与感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的非裔美国样本相比，加纳样本经历了更多的负面自我认知和与耻辱感相关的冲突。
