From: Development of a 12-item short version of the HIV stigma scale
Items | Component | Outfit Msqr | Infit Msqr | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
39. People seem afraid of me once they learn I have HIV | 0.866 | 0.485 | 0.511 | |||
29. People I care about stopped calling after learning I have HIV | 0.864 | 0.592 | 0.661 | |||
38. People who know I have HIV tend to ignore my good points | 0.833 | 0.530 | 0.557 | |||
28. People avoid touching me once they know I have HIV | 0.824 | 0.654 | 0.748 | |||
35. I have stopped socializing with some people due to their reaction to me having HIV | 0.776 | 0.641 | 0.702 | |||
36. I have lost friends by telling them I have HIV | 0.770 | 0.748 | 0.869 | |||
33. People have physically backed away from me when they learn I have HIV | 0.726 | 0.729 | 0.735 | |||
24. I have been hurt by how people reacted to learning I have HIV | 0.721 | 1.337 | 1.267 | |||
32. People don’t want me around their children once they know I have HIV | 0.714 | 0.975 | 1.013 | |||
30. Some people told me that getting HIV is what I deserve for how I have lived my life | 0.700 | 1.164 | 1.383 | |||
27. As a rule, telling others that I have HIV has been a mistake | 0.677 | 0.344 | 1.159 | 1.205 | ||
31. Some people close to me are afraid others will reject them if it becomes known that I have HIV | 0.671 | 1.093 | 1.101 | |||
26. I regret having told some people that I have HIV | 0.642 | 0.327 | 1.680 | 1.505 | ||
34. Some people act as though it’s my fault I have HIV | 0.638 | 1.212 | 0.881 | |||
40. When people learn you have HIV, they look for flaws in your character | 0.627 | 1.262 | 0.978 | |||
18. Some people who know I have HIV have grown more distant | 0.604 | 1.999 | 1.456 | |||
6. I work hard to keep my HIV a secret | 0.751 | 0.580 | 0.627 | |||
17. I am very careful who I tell that I have HIV | 0.746 | 0.637 | 0.686 | |||
1. In many areas of my life, no one knows I have HIV | 0.696 | 1.559 | 1.142 | |||
21. I never feel I need to hide the fact I have HIV (R) | 0.575 | −0.411 | 1.334 | 1.291 | ||
4. Telling someone I have HIV is risky | 0.614 | 0.870 | 0.804 | |||
25. I worry people who know I have HIV will tell others | 0.362 | 0.542 | 0.841 | 0.858 | ||
22. I worry that people may judge me when they learn I have HIV | 0.493 | 0.763 | 0.733 | |||
37. I have told people close to me to keep the fact that I have HIV a secret | 0.402 | 1.333 | 1.248 | |||
15. Having HIV makes me feel that I’m a bad person | −0.737 | 0.667 | 0.725 | |||
7. I feel I’m not as good a person as others because I have HIV | -0.698 | 0.738 | 0.696 | |||
3. People’s attitudes about HIV make me feel worse about myself | −0.665 | 0.762 | 0.817 | |||
8. I never feel ashamed of having HIV (R) | -0.654 | 1.361 | 1.406 | |||
12. Having HIV makes me feel unclean | −0.570 | 0.778 | 0.790 | |||
2. I feel guilty because I have HIV | -0.532 | 1.105 | 1.022 | |||
23. Having HIV in my body is disgusting to me | −0.530 | 0.970 | 0.991 | |||
13. Since learning I have HIV, I feel set apart and isolated from the rest of the world | 0.357 | −0.484 | 0.983 | 0.967 | ||
20. Most people are uncomfortable around someone with HIV | -0.769 | 0.550 | 0.560 | |||
9. People with HIV are treated like outcasts | −0.639 | 1.016 | 0.941 | |||
14. Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting | −0.613 | 0.865 | 0.806 | |||
10. Most people believe a person who has HIV is dirty | −0.599 | 0.734 | 0.760 | |||
16. Most people with HIV are rejected when others find out | −0.598 | 1.049 | 1.076 | |||
5. People with HIV lose their jobs when employers find out | −0.477 | 1.243 | 1.206 | |||
19. Since leardning I have HIV, I worry about people discriminating against me | −0.389 | 0.926 | 0.837 | |||
11. It is easier to avoid new friendship than worry about telling someone that I have HIVc |