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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2013 Jun 14;26(1):10.1080/09540121.2013.806770. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2013.806770
Descriptor Inter-item reliability (pre- and post-test) Measures Construct
Youth Adherence to ART Single items Derived from Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (Mellins et al., 2006; Usitalo et al., 2010) How often medications missed over past 6 months
Youth Mental Health .42 to .54 Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (Goodman, 1997; Youth in Mind, 2012) Emotional symptoms, conduct, peer relations. Hyperactivity/inattentiveness, prosocial behavior
Child Depression .54 Child Depression Inventory (Kovacs, 1981) Depression symptoms
Self-Concept .70 to .58 Tennessee Self-Concept Scale-Short Form (Fitts & Warren, 1996) Self-identity, self-satisfaction, self-esteem
Youth HIV Treatment Knowledge .65 to .74 HIV Treatment Knowledge (Levy, Lampman, Handler, Flay, & Weeks, 1993) HIV causality, transmission, treatment
Youth and Caregiver Communication and Comfort .88 to .73 Family Environment Scale/Family Assessment Measure (FES/FAM) (Bell et al., 2008) Comfort and communication around hard to talk about issues
HIV/AIDS Illness Stigma .82 to .67 Stigma (Westbrook, Bauman, & Shinnar, 1992) Perceived stigma, disclosure and self-esteem