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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Stigma Health. 2016 Feb 11;1(3):206–224. doi: 10.1037/sah0000024

Table 3.

Latent Variables with Parceled Items as Indicators.

Parcel 1 Parcel 2 Parcel 3
Perceived Stigma 1. cannot be trusted. 4. are dirty and unkempt. 2. are disgusting.
3. are unwilling to get
or keep a regular job.		 6. are below average in
intelligence.		 7. are unpredictable.
“The Public Believes
most people with a
criminal record…” 		9. are dangerous. 10. are bad people. 8. cannot be rehabilitated.
Stereotype Agreement 1. cannot be trusted. 2. are disgusting. 4. are dirty and unkempt.
6. are below average
in intelligence.		 3. are unwilling to get or
keep a regular job.		 7. are unpredictable.
“I think most people
with a criminal
record…” 		8. cannot be
rehabilitated.		 9. are dangerous. 10. are bad people.

Internalized Stigma 		1. I cannot be trusted. 2. I am disgusting. 6. I am below average in
intelligence.
4. I am dirty and
unkempt.		 3. I am unwilling to get
or keep a regular job.		 7. I am unpredictable.
“Because I have a
criminal record…” 		10. I am a bad person. 8. I cannot be
rehabilitated.		 9. I am dangerous.