Judgeo N, Moalusi K P
a MA Industrial Psychology, a post-graduate student at the University of South Africa, is registered with the Health and Professions Council of South Africa as a Psychologist under the category Industrial , South Africa.
SAHARA J. 2014;11(1):76-83. doi: 10.1080/17290376.2014.932302. Epub 2014 Jul 1.
This study uses Goffman's [1963. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall] theory of stigma as an intellectual scaffold to help understand the social meaning of HIV/AIDS stigma from People Living with HIV/AIDS. The study adopts a qualitative approach because of its appropriateness for unravelling subjective phenomena such as the experiences of HIV/AIDS stigma. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 HIV-positive employees of a retailing company located in the Western Cape province of South Africa who volunteered to participate in the study. The participants with the discreditable stigma internalised society's prejudice towards those living with the virus. As a result, the participants relied on self-isolation and social withdrawal to cope with enacted stigma. Managing information about one's status and deciding whether, who, when, etc., to tell are crucial questions. The participants feared being devalued by family, friends, co-workers and the community. In concurrence with Goffman [1963], the HIV/AIDS stigma is seen as about relationships.
本研究运用戈夫曼（1963年，《污名：关于受损身份管理的笔记》，新泽西州，普伦蒂斯 - 霍尔出版社）的污名理论作为知识框架，以帮助理解来自艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者的艾滋病毒/艾滋病污名的社会意义。由于定性方法适用于揭示诸如艾滋病毒/艾滋病污名经历等主观现象，因此本研究采用了定性研究方法。对位于南非西开普省的一家零售公司的10名艾滋病毒呈阳性的员工进行了深入访谈，这些员工自愿参与了该研究。带有可耻辱污名的参与者内化了社会对病毒携带者的偏见。因此，参与者依靠自我隔离和社交退缩来应对所遭受的污名。管理有关个人状况的信息以及决定是否告知、告知何人、何时告知等，都是关键问题。参与者担心被家人、朋友、同事和社区贬低。与戈夫曼（1963年）的观点一致，艾滋病毒/艾滋病污名被视为关乎人际关系。
