Table I.

Four-Factors Pattern Matrix (Standardized Regression Coefficients) for 28 Final Internalized Stigma Scale Items

Itemsa		Mean Score (SD)	Factor
			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

^aResponses 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)

^bResponse scale values reversed for scoring