. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 9.

Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2009 Aug;21(8):1007–1013. doi: 10.1080/09540120802614358

Table 4.

Multiple regression on perceived stigma, internalized shame, emotional social support, and depression (N = 408).

	Perceived stigma		Internalized shame		Emotional social support		Depression

	β	p-Value	β	p-Value	β	p-Value	β	p-Value
Age	−0.01	0.721	0.07	0.064	−0.04	0.416	−0.11^*	0.013
Male	0.07	0.074	0.01	0.834	0.05	0.282	0.08	0.078
Individual annual income	−0.09^*	0.020	0.04	0.287	0.05	0.307	−0.02	0.730
Some high school or more (ref. less than high school)	−0.03	0.391	0.03	0.410	0.06	0.210	0.01	0.893
Internalized shame	0.63^*	<0.0001	–	–	–0.08	0.203	0.43^*	<0.0001
Perceived stigma	–	–	0.65^*	<0.0001	−0.14^*	0.028	0.09	0.122
Emotional social support	−0.09^*	0.020	−0.03	0.463	–	–	−0.14^*	0.001
R²	0.45		0.43		0.06		0.30

Note β = Standardized beta coefficient.

p<0.05.