Table 4.

Factor loadings from exploratory factor analysis of 12 items related to HIV stigma

Measure Content	Factor
	Discomfort	Shame	Rejection	Blame
Discomfort with young child attending school where student has HIV	0.78	0.11	−0.04	−0.03
Discomfort with attending church where some members had HIV	0.85	−0.02	0.00	0.16
Discomfort drinking from glass after someone with HIV drank out of it even if washed and sterilized	0.81	0.09	0.08	−0.05
Discomfort shopping at neighborhood grocery store with owner who has HIV	0.84	−0.03	0.05	0.07
Would feel dirty (if had HIV)	0.08	0.71	0.00	0.23
Would be ashamed (if had HIV)	0.01	0.94	0.04	0.03
Would be concerned about mistreatment or discrimination (if had HIV)	−0.11	0.52	0.26	−0.12
People would reject you (if had HIV)	−0.02	0.14	0.77	−0.04
Might get fired from job or not be able to get a new job (if had HIV)	0.03	−0.11	0.80	0.10
Couldn’t face family (if had HIV)	0.07	0.24	0.35	0.20
People with HIV are responsible for illness	−0.10	0.14	0.06	0.63
People who got HIV through sex or drug use have gotten what they deserve	0.03	−0.01	0.02	0.80

Note: Loadings of 0.50 or greater in boldface. A 4-factor solution accounted for 75% of the total explained variance.