. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2017 Oct 31;47(2):481–492. doi: 10.1007/s10508-017-1051-0

Table 2.

Infidelity worry, embarrassment, and anxiety associated with partner notification (IWEA) scale items and factor loadings

Scale Items¹	Factor Loadings²
1. I would be embarrassed to tell my partner(s) that I have an STI.	0.66
2. I am worried my partner(s) might think I have been unfaithful if I am diagnosed with an STI.	0.56
3. I worry what my partner(s) will think if I tell them I have an STI.	0.78
4. Telling my partner(s) about my STI would be stressful.	0.74
5. Telling my partner(s) about my STI would be awkward.	0.75
6. Telling my partner(s) about my STI would cause an argument.	0.57

Note:

response categories: “very untrue of what I believe” to “very true of what I believe;”

factor maxtrix loadings using principal axis factoring