Table 2.

Study 1 Factor Loadings from EFA and CFA of PPSSS

Perceived Stigma Items	EFA (N=174)		CFA (N=173)
	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 1	Factor 2
1. It would make me feel strange	.52		.65
2. It would make me feel embarrassed	.66		.80
3. It would make me feel like a bad parent	.88		.85
4. My view of myself would be less	.98		.91
5. It would make me feel that I am weak	.95		.85
6. It would make me feel like there is something wrong with me	.87		.83
8. Some people might treat me unfairly		.81		.72
9. Some people might look down on me		.93		.72
10. Some people might say bad things about me behind my back		.96		.70
11. Some people would treat me with less respect		.92		.73
12. Some people would avoid me		.86		.72
13. My child might be labeled at school		.60		.60
14. People in my church might frown on my decision		.62		.77
15. My child’s teacher would treat him or her unfairly		.63		.71
16. I would be worried that people in town would find out		.66		.77
17. I would try to hide that I was getting counseling for my child		.55		.74
18. I would try to go to a counselor in another town so no one I know would find out		.56		.72

Note: The EFA was conducted on a random half (developmental sample) and the CFA was conducted on the remaining random half.