TY - JOUR
T1 - Perpetuated hiv microaggressions
T2 - A novel scale to measure subtle discrimination against people living with HIV
AU - Berman, Marcie
AU - Eaton, Lisa A.
AU - Watson, Ryan J.
AU - Maksut, Jessica L.
AU - Rucinski, Katherine B.
AU - Earnshaw, Valerie A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Guilford Press.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - HIV discrimination has served as a barrier to addressing the HIV epidemic and providing effective HIV treatment and care. Measuring HIV discrimi-nation, particularly covert HIV discrimination, has proven to be complex. Adapted from a previous scale, we developed a perpetuated HIV micro-aggressions scale to assess covert forms of discriminatory beliefs among HIV-negative/unknown HIV status individuals. Factor analysis resulted in three subscales, explaining 73.58% of the scale’s variance. The new scale demonstrated both convergent validity (HIV prejudice, HIV stereotypes) and discriminant validity (alcohol use, depressive symptomology). Perpetuated HIV microaggressions were significantly associated with HIV conspiracy beliefs, HIV prejudice, and HIV stereotypes. This new scale can serve as an important tool in evaluating perpetuated HIV microaggressions among HIV-negative individuals.
AB - HIV discrimination has served as a barrier to addressing the HIV epidemic and providing effective HIV treatment and care. Measuring HIV discrimi-nation, particularly covert HIV discrimination, has proven to be complex. Adapted from a previous scale, we developed a perpetuated HIV micro-aggressions scale to assess covert forms of discriminatory beliefs among HIV-negative/unknown HIV status individuals. Factor analysis resulted in three subscales, explaining 73.58% of the scale’s variance. The new scale demonstrated both convergent validity (HIV prejudice, HIV stereotypes) and discriminant validity (alcohol use, depressive symptomology). Perpetuated HIV microaggressions were significantly associated with HIV conspiracy beliefs, HIV prejudice, and HIV stereotypes. This new scale can serve as an important tool in evaluating perpetuated HIV microaggressions among HIV-negative individuals.
KW - Discrimination
KW - HIV microaggressions
KW - Stigma
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U2 - 10.1521/aeap.2021.33.1.1
DO - 10.1521/aeap.2021.33.1.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33617319
AN - SCOPUS:85101946554
SN - 0899-9546
VL - 33
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - AIDS Education and Prevention
JF - AIDS Education and Prevention
IS - 1
ER -