Table 1.
Results of a Principal-Components Factor Analysis of the 10-item Impact of HIV on Self-Concept Scale
| Item no. | Item | 2-factor solution
|
% endorsinga | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor 1 “self-loss” | Factor 2 “self-growth” | |||
| 7 | Being HIV+ limits me | 0.84 | b | 45 |
| 3 | Being HIV+ has made me lose a part of who I am | 0.83 | b | 36 |
| 9 | It’s hard to think of myself without thinking of HIV | 0.78 | b | 37 |
| 10 | HIV is too present in my life | 0.74 | b | 40 |
| 5 | I feel stigmatized by being HIV+ | 0.73 | b | 44 |
| 1 | HIV prevents me from doing things that are important to me | 0.71 | b | 31 |
| 8 | Being HIV+ affects every part of my life | 0.67 | b | 42 |
| 4 | Being HIV+ has helped me focus on the important things in life | b | 0.91 | 71 |
| 6 | Being HIV+ has taught me that I can handle anything | b | 0.84 | 65 |
| 2 | Living with HIV has helped me to grow as a person | b | 0.81 | 65 |
| Eigenvalue | 4.22 | 2.12 | ||
| % of variance | 42.20 | 21.15 | ||
| Range | 1 – 6 | 1 – 6 | ||
| Cronbach’s α | 0.88 | 0.82 | ||
Note.
a
Indicates the percentage of people who responded 4 (often), 5 (most of the time), or 6 (always).
b
Blank cells indicate factor loadings less than the absolute value of .20. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling = .82