Intrapersonal predictors of internalized stigma among school going adolescents living with HIV in southwestern Uganda
| العنوان: | Intrapersonal predictors of internalized stigma among school going adolescents living with HIV in southwestern Uganda |
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| المؤلفون: | Joseph Kirabira, Scholastic Ashaba, Allain Favina, Samuel Maling, Denis Nansera, Brian C. Zanoni |
| المصدر: | Psychology, Health & Medicine. :1-15 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology |
| الوصف: | BackgroundHIV is one of the most stigmatized conditions globally significantly affecting the quality of life of people living with HIV. Stigma particularly affects adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) due to challenges associated with developmental stage including physical and psychological changes and the need to build peer relationships. The effect of intrapersonal factors including resilience, health locus of control, self-efficacy, and empowerment on HV stigma among ALHIV in Uganda has not been studied. This study aimed at assessing the association between internalized HIV stigma and resilience, health locus of control, coping self-efficacy and empowerment among ALHIV.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study between August and October 2020 among 173 adolescents who were attending the HIV clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. We measured HIV stigma (the internalized AIDS Related Stigma scale), health locus of control (the 18-item Form C version of the Multi-Dimensional Health Locus of Control measure), resilience (25-item Resilience Scale), self-efficacy (the coping self-efficacy scale), and empowerment (the 28-item empowerment scale). Linear regression models were run to determine the association between HIV stigma and intrapersonal factors and adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics.ResultsThe median age of participants was 16 (IQR 15-18) years and the median HIV stigma score was 3 (IQR 2-4). There was a negative correlation between HIV stigma and internal health locus of control (b= -0.08, pConclusionInternal health locus of control, resilience, coping self-efficacy and empowerment are strong intrapersonal predictors of internalized stigma among ALHIV. Designing interventions focusing on strengthening these factors among the adolescents may be a significant step in the fight against internalized HIV stigma. |
| تدمد: | 1465-3966 1354-8506 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13548506.2023.2198244 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b680e4bb831c9bcfebe320fc0a31165f https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2023.2198244 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b680e4bb831c9bcfebe320fc0a31165f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14653966 13548506 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/13548506.2023.2198244 |