Mark Boyes|Sally Mason|Lucie Cluver
Validation of a brief stigma-by-association scale for use with HIV/AIDS-affected youth in South Africa
University of Oxford|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Oxford|University of Cape Town
study validated brief stigmabyassociation scale use south african youth adapted hiv stigmabyassociation scale adolescents participants 723 youth 364 male 359 female poor urban communities around cape town youths completed brief stigmabyassociation scale measures bullying victimisation peerproblems well inventories measuring symptoms depression anxiety exploratory analyses revealed scale consists two subscales 1 experience stigmabyassociation 2 consequences stigmabyassociation two factor structure obtained full sample hivaidsaffected unaffected subgroups full stigmabyassociation scale showed excellent reliability 089090 reliabilities subscales also good 078087 predicted children living hivaidsaffected households obtained significantly higher stigmabyassociation scores children nonaffected households f1 693 4653 p0001 partial 2006 hypothesized correlations stigmabyassociation bullying peer problems depression anxiety symptoms observed concluded brief stigmabyassociation scale reliable valid instrument use south african youth however confirmatory research regarding structure scale required