Table I.
Itemsa | Mean Score (SD) |
Factor |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Factor 1 = Stereotypes | ||||||
1. | HIV is different than other diseases like cancer because people with HIV are judged |
66 (29) | 0.79 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.01 |
2. | People assume I have done something bad to get HIV | 53 (32) | 0.70 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.22 |
3. | Society looks down on people who have HIV | 59 (28) | 0.68 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
4. | 4. People think that if you have HIV then you got what you deserve |
43 (30) | 0.68 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.18 |
5. | People blame me for having HIV | 43 (35) | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
6. | People assume I slept around because I have HIV | 54 (33) | 0.62 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.22 |
7. | People think that if you have HIV you do not deserve to have children |
50 (34) | 0.59 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.18 |
8. | People are afraid to let someone withH IV adopt a child | 57 (29) | 0.56 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.20 |
9. | People think I am a bad person because I have HIV | 34 (32) | 0.54 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.18 |
10. | Medical providers assume people with HIV sleep around | 38 (31) | 0.53 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.13 |
11. | People lose their jobs because they have HIV | 46 (26) | 0.53 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.22 |
12. | People think you can’t be a good parent if you have HIV | 42 (31) | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
Factor 2 = Disclosure Concerns | ||||||
13. | I am concerned if I go to the HIV clinic someone I know might see me |
28 (33) | 0.06 | 0.71 | 0.03 | 0.20 |
14. | I am concerned if I have physical changes from the HIV medicines people will know I have HIV |
33 (33) | 0.06 | 0.71 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
15. | I am concerned if I go to an AIDSorganization someone I know might see me |
30 (34) | 0.04 | 0.70 | 0.06 | 0.25 |
16. | I am concerned people will find out I have HIV by looking at my medical paperwork |
32 (35) | 0.08 | 0.61 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
17. | I am concerned that if I am sick people I know will find out about my HIV |
38 (35) | 0.01 | 0.60 | 0.03 | 0.21 |
Factor 3 =Social Relationships | ||||||
18. | Nurses and doctors treat people who have HIV as if they are contagious |
30 (30) | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.73 | 0.00 |
19. | Nurses and doctors dislike caring for patients with HIV | 28 (28) | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.69 | 0.06 |
20. | I feel abandoned by family members because I have HIV | 24 (33) | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.13 |
21. | People treat me as less than human now that I have HIV | 29 (31) | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.61 | 0.25 |
22. | People avoid me because I have HIV | 24 (30) | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.60 | 0.16 |
23. | People I am close to are afraid they will catch HIV from me | 26 (32) | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.10 |
24. | I feel like I am an outsider because I have HIV | 41 (35) | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 0.36 |
Factor 4 = Self-Acceptance | ||||||
25. | I feel ashamed to tell other people that I have HIV | 45 (36) | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.72 |
26. | I am comfortable telling everyone I know that I have HIVb | 61 (35) | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.60 |
27. | My family is comfortable talking about my HIVb | 55 (33) | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.40 |
28. | It is important for a person to keep HIV a secret from co- workers |
56 (33) | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.37 |
Responses to each item are on a 5-point categorical response scale (none of the time, a little of the time, some of the time, most of the time, or all of the time)
Response scale values reversed for scoring