Table 5.

Stigma items and subscales, adapted from [36]

Items	Subscale
1. I have been hurt by how people reacted to learning I have HIV	Personalized stigma
2. I have stopped socializing with some people because of their reactions of my having HIV
3. I have lost friends by telling them I have HIV
4. I am very careful who I tell that I have HIV	Disclosure
5. I worry that people who know I have HIV will tell others
6. I feel that I am not as good a person as others because I have HIV	Negative self-image
7. Having HIV makes me feel unclean
8. Having HIV makes me feel that I’m a bad person
9. Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting	Public attitudes
10. Most people with HIV are rejected when others find out
11. I worry that the people I drink or do drugs with will act negatively toward me if I tell them that I am HIV positive