Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression analyses of sexual behavior as a function of HIV stigma and disengagement coping with HIV stigma

Variables	χ2 to remove	df	P value	Model χ2	Δ-2 log likelihood
Step 1
Female	2.36	2	0.267
Time since diagnosis	2.46	2	0.217
Category C symptoms	3.75	2	0.200
Enacted stigma	1.38	2	0.552
Disengagement coping	2.35	2	0.304	12.84
Step 2
Enacted stigma by disengagement coping interaction	11.65	2	0.003	24.49*	11.65**
Step 1
Female	2.28	2	0.308
Time since diagnosis	3.02	2	0.172
Category C symptoms	3.95	2	0.177
Concern with public attitudes	0.15	2	0.970
Disengagement coping	2.42	2	0.239	11.61
Step 2
Concern with public attitudes by disengagement   coping interaction	2.95	2	0.229	14.56	2.95
Step 1
Female	2.48	2	0.273
Time since diagnosis	2.64	2	0.128
Category C aymptoms	4.15	2	0.138
Disclosure concerns	1.34	2	0.744
Disengagement coping	1.81	2	0.149	12.80
Step 2
Disclosure concerns by disengagement coping   interaction	2.65	2	0.265	16.85	4.05
Step 1
Female	2.27	2	0.25
Time since diagnosis	3.51	2	0.213
Category C symptoms	3.98	2	0.125
Negative self-image	1.19	2	0.443
Disengagement coping	3.67	2	0.349	12.64
Step 2
Negative self-image by disengagement coping   interaction	2.65	2	0.132	15.30	2.65

^*P < 0.01;

^**P < 0.001