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Developing a Measure of Stigma-by-Association with African-American Adolescents whose Mothers have HIV

¹ University of Illinois at Chicago
² University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: smason{at}psych.uic.edu.

	Abstract

Objectives: African American urban adolescents are one of the fastest growing groups of children affected by their mother’s HIV status. These children experience HIV stigma by association with their HIV-positive mothers. Stigma may contribute to adverse outcomes for these teens. Methods: The authors describe a multistage process of scale construction, cognitive interviewing, and pilot testing to develop a measure reflecting an African American adolescent’s experience of HIV stigma when mother has HIV. Results: The resulting measure has 23 items with good reliability. An additional item suggested by qualitative data will be added to the measure and used in further testing. Conclusions: Potential uses of the measure are discussed. Intervention approaches for reducing stigma’s impact among HIV-affected African American adolescents are briefly outlined.

First published on April 13, 2009, doi:10.1177/1049731508330223
A more recent version of this article appeared on April 23, 2009


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