Table 2.
Factor loadings for three Exploratory Factor Analyses for HIV/AIDS stigma (n= 170).
| Items | Loadings on stigma factors (SE)
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| Internalized HIV/AIDS stigma (SE) | Perceived HIV/AIDS stigma (SE) | General enacted HIV/AIDS Stigma (SE) | Romantic and sexual enacted HIV/AIDS stigma (SE) | M | SD | |
| I am embarrassed to tell others that I have HIV/AIDS. | .71 (.04) | 2.34 | 1.04 | |||
| I feel that I am at least partially to blame for having HIV/AIDS. | .69 (.04) | 2.37 | 1.01 | |||
| Having HIV/AIDS makes me feel that I am not as good as others. | .79 (.03) | 1.88 | 0.98 | |||
| I sometimes feel ashamed of having HIV/AIDS. | .90 (.02) | 2.09 | 1.04 | |||
| I feel that I have let my family down by having HIV/AIDS. | .84 (.02) | 2.19 | 1.07 | |||
| I am embarrassed by the way that HIV/AIDS makes me look. | .78 (.03) | 2.12 | 0.99 | |||
| I do not feel as capable as others because I have HIV/AIDS. | .70 (.04) | 2.08 | 1.05 | |||
| I feel that I am a burden to others because I have HIV/AIDS. | .79 (.03) | 1.79 | 0.90 | |||
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| People don’t want to hug/kiss/touch people with HIV/AIDS. | .79 (.03) | 2.50 | 1.00 | |||
| People believe those with HIV/AIDS should be isolated from society. | .84 (.02) | 2.26 | 0.98 | |||
| People don’t want to be friends with someone with HIV/AIDS. | .83 (.02) | 2.38 | 1.01 | |||
| People don’t want to date someone with HIV/AIDS. | .81 (.03) | 2.62 | 0.99 | |||
| People will end a relationship if the partner has HIV/AIDS. | .85 (.02) | 8.67 | 1.01 | |||
| People don’t want to live with someone with HIV/AIDS. | .92 (.01) | 2.61 | 0.99 | |||
| People don’t want their children around someone with HIV/AIDS. | .92 (.01) | 2.65 | 1.01 | |||
| People believe workers/volunteers in HIV service have HIV/AIDS. | .84 (.02) | 2.52 | 1.00 | |||
| Employers don’t want an employee with HIV/AIDS. | .85 (.02) | 2.56 | 1.00 | |||
| People don’t want to work with someone with HIV/AIDS. | .85 (.02) | 2.55 | 0.97 | |||
| People believe you get HIV/AIDS because you want to. | .74 (.04) | 2.23 | 1.04 | |||
| People believe those with HIV/AIDS are promiscuous/drug users. | .81 (.03) | 2.65 | 0.98 | |||
| People believe having HIV/AIDS is punishment for being gay. | .85 (.02) | 2.49 | 1.06 | |||
| People believe gays to blame for the spread of HIV/AIDS. | .89 (.02) | 2.61 | 1.09 | |||
| People believe those with HIV/AIDs are a burden to society. | .89 (.02) | 2.52 | 1.06 | |||
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| Some friends have grown more distant from me after they learned I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.76 (0.04) | −0.01(0.03) | 2.02 | 1.04 | ||
| I have encountered embarrassing situations because I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.73 (0.07) | 0.05 (0.08) | 2.04 | 0.96 | ||
| People treat me differently when they find out I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.84 (0.04) | 0.02 (0.06) | 2.29 | 1.03 | ||
| My friends would rather not talk about my HIV status. | 0.92 (0.07) | −0.21 (0.08) | 2.25 | 1.01 | ||
| My family would rather not know about my HIV status. | 0.84 (0.09) | −0.41 (0.12) | 2.21 | 1.12 | ||
| Changes in my appearance have negatively affected my relationship with others. | 0.88 (0.08) | −0.30 (0.10) | 1.94 | 0.95 | ||
| Some people act as though it is my fault that I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.83 (0.05) | 0.02 (0.06) | 2.19 | 1.03 | ||
| I regret having told some people that I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.67 (0.07) | 0.06 (0.08) | 2.32 | 1.07 | ||
| I have had to move away from friends and/or family, because I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.63 (0.08) | 0.09 (0.10) | 1.96 | 1.04 | ||
| People have not wanted to have sex with me because I am HIV positive. | 0.07 (0.07) | 0.83 (0.07) | 2.35 | 1.04 | ||
| People have not wanted to date me or get romantically involved because of my HIV status. | 0.004 (0.003) | 1.02 (0.03) | 2.33 | 1.07 | ||
| I have been treated with less respect because I have HIV/AIDS. | 0.65 (0.07) | 0.19 (0.08) | 1.88 | 0.92 | ||
| I sometimes feel useless because of my illness. | 0.67 (0.08) | 0.10 (0.10) | 1.94 | 1.00 | ||
Note. For these three exploratory factor analyses, we employed WLSMV estimation and