RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF AIDS VICTIM BLAMING SCALES

Authors
MULFORD CL LEE MY
Citation
Cl. Mulford et My. Lee, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF AIDS VICTIM BLAMING SCALES, Psychological reports, 79(1), 1996, pp. 191-201
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
79
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
191 - 201
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1996)79:1<191:RAVOAV>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Scales were developed to measure the tendencies to blame AIDS victims or the society in which victims live. Data from a sample of 874 studen ts were used to examine the construct validity and reliability of the scales. The list-wise deletion reduced the sample size to the usable s ample size of 824. The data showed satisfactory validity and reliabili ty of the scales so they may be used to study attitudes toward those w ho are suffering from AIDS and related problems.