Factorial invariance across sexes of the six-item Scale of Attitude toward People Living with HIV/AIDS

dc.creatorMoral de la Rubia, José
dc.creatorValle de la O, Adrián
dc.date2021-08-25
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T17:41:06Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T17:41:06Z
dc.identifierhttps://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/jbhsi/article/view/70257
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/6730332
dc.descriptionAn attitude of rejection toward people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the clinical setting has a negative effect on their care. Given the importance of assessing the attitude toward PLWHA in medical students and having a reliable and valid instrument for its measurement, the objectives of the article are to test the factorial invariance of the one-factor model proposed for the six-item Attitude Scale for People Living With HIV/AIDS (AS-PLWHA-6) across sexes and to compare the percentage of acceptance toward PLWHA between women and men. The AS-PLWHA-6 was applied to a sample composed of 202 Mexican medical students. A non-probability sampling was used. The data were analyzed using multi-group factor analysis through Maximum Likelihood. The goodness of fit was statistically equivalent between the four models nested in constraints based on the chi-square difference test. In the unconstrained parameter model and in the model with constraints on measurement weights, there was no difference of parameters between both samples. In the model with constraints on all parameters, the data fit was close through AGFI, RMSEA, and χ2/df, whereas the fit was acceptable through the chi-square test, Bollen-Stine bootstrap probability, GFI, CFI, and SRMR. It is concluded that the one-factor model is invariant across sexes, and an attitude of acceptance prevails among students. The use and study of AS-PLWHA-6 in this population is recommendedes-ES
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dc.languagespa
dc.publisherUniversidad de Guadalajara y Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicoes-ES
dc.relationhttps://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/jbhsi/article/view/70257/70825
dc.rightsDerechos de autor 2021 Journal of Behavior, Health & Social Issueses-ES
dc.sourceJournal of Behavior, Health & Social Issues; Vol. 13 No. 3 (2021): Sep-2021 Dic-2021; 1-14en-US
dc.sourceJournal of Behavior, Health & Social Issues; Vol. 13 Núm. 3 (2021): Sep-2021 Dic-2021; 1-14es-ES
dc.source2007-0780
dc.source10.22201/fesi.20070780.2021.13.3
dc.subjectAttitudees-ES
dc.subjectexternalized stigmaes-ES
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSes-ES
dc.subjectconfirmatory factor analysises-ES
dc.subjectstudentses-ES
dc.titleFactorial invariance across sexes of the six-item Scale of Attitude toward People Living with HIV/AIDSes-ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeresearch, empirical, quatitative, basic, applied, studyen-US
dc.typeestudio empirico, investigacion, cuantitativo, analisises-ES


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