Table 3.
Principal Component Analysis of Types of Anti-Stigma Strategies Obtained From the Stigma Coping Orientation Scales (SCOS), Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA-3) and Group Identification Measure.
| Components | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure subscale scores | Definitions | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 |
| Secrecy (SCOS) | Do not tell anyone | −.41 | −.15 | .75 |
| Withdrawal (SCOS) | Stay with own kind | .28 | .40 | .63 |
| Educating (SCOS) | Teach the public about mental illness | .91 | .04 | −.04 |
| Challenging (SCOS) | Tell others when they are stigmatizing | .83 | −.06 | .18 |
| Cognitive distancing (SCOS) | I am not like other people with mental illness. | .05 | .13 | .62 |
| TOSCA-3 Detached | That kind of situation is not important to me. | .05 | .87 | −.07 |
| TOSCA-3 Externalize | That is someone else’s fault, not mine. | .01 | .78 | .26 |
| Group identification | I recognize that I am like other people with mental illness. | .54 | .21 | −.35 |
| Factor description | Affirming strategies | Becoming aloof | Strategies of shame | |
| Eigenvalues | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
| Percent of variance | 28.0% | 23.0% | 14.6% | |
Note. We used the entire sample (N = 85) to increase the power of these analyses.