J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2018 Jul-Aug;29(4):560-569. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2018.02.007. Epub 2018 Feb 19.
Instruments to measure HIV stigma in people living with HIV in the United States or in Asia may not be sensitive enough to capture the stigma experienced by Asians living with HIV (ALWH) in the United States. Our purpose was to adapt the shortened Berger Stigma Scale to be culturally appropriate for ALWH in the United States. We conducted a mixed-method study (i.e., five in-depth face-to-face interviews, six subject matter expert reviews, two focus groups [n = 11]) to generate new scale items and a cross-sectional survey (n = 67) to evaluate the psychometric properties of the adapted scale called Stigma Scale for ALWH. The scale contains 13 items with three subscales (personalized stigma/disclosure, negative self-image, public attitude) with good reliability (α = 0.92 overall) and validity. We describe the Stigma Scale for ALWH that is culturally appropriate to measure HIV stigma experienced by ALWH in the United States.
在美国或亚洲，用于衡量 HIV 感染者（PLHIV）的 HIV 耻辱感的工具可能不够敏感，无法捕捉到生活在美国的亚洲 HIV 感染者（ALWH）所经历的耻辱感。我们的目的是改编缩短版的 Berger 耻辱量表，使其适用于美国的 ALWH。我们进行了一项混合方法研究（即，五名参与者进行了五次面对面访谈，六名主题专家进行了六次审查，两个焦点小组[ n = 11]），以生成新的量表项目，并进行了横断面调查（ n = 67），以评估改编后的量表（称为 ALWH 耻辱量表）的心理测量特性。该量表包含 13 个项目，分为三个分量表（个性化耻辱感/披露、负面自我形象、公众态度），具有良好的信度（整体 α = 0.92）和效度。我们描述了适用于美国 ALWH 的 ALWH 耻辱量表，用于衡量 ALWH 所经历的 HIV 耻辱感。
