Development of shortened HIV-related stigma scales for young people living with HIV and young people affected by HIV in India

Table 3 Factor loadings and confirmatory factor analysis fit indices for the PHSS and modified-PHSS

	Factor loadings
	PHSS	Modified-PHSS
	YPLHIV	YPAHIV
Personalized stigma (Reinius et al.) [40]
28. Some people avoid touching me once they know I/my parents have HIV*	0.99	0.96
29. People I care about stopped calling me on the telephone, coming to my house after learning I/my parents have HIV	0.86	0.72
36. I have lost friends by telling them I/my parents have HIV	0.64	0.78
Disclosure concerns (Reinius et al.) [40]
4. Telling someone I/my parents have HIV is risky	0.84	0.74
6. I work hard to keep my HIV/my parents HIV status a secret	0.74	0.81
17. I am very careful who I tell that I/my parents have HIV	0.65	0.71
Negative self-image (Reinius et al.) [40]
2. I feel guilty because I have HIV/I feel ashamed because my parents have HIV	0.71	0.74
3. People's attitudes about HIV make me feel worse about myself	0.84	0.74
7. I feel I am not as good a person as others because I/my parents have HIV	0.69	0.43
Public attitudes concerns (Wiklander et al.) [39]
10. Most people believe that a person who has HIV is dirty	0.72	0.80
14. Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting	0.73	0.86
16. Most people with HIV are rejected when others find out	0.72	0.79

PHSS Pune HIV Stigma Scale, YPLHIV young people living with HIV, YPAHIV young people affected by HIV, RMSEA root mean square error of approximation, CFI comparative fit index, TLI Tucker–Lewis index, SRMR standardized root mean square residual
*The scale item, ‘Some people avoid touching me once they know I/my parents have HIV’ is meant to be read as ‘Some people avoid touching me once they know I have HIV’ for the PHSS i.e., for YPLHIV, and ‘Some people avoid touching me once they know my parents have HIV’ for the modified-PHSS, i.e., YPAHIV. This format is followed throughout the table wherever applicable

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