Table 2.

Longitudinal correlations

	Internalized stigma, 1 week	Avoidant coping, 3 months	ART initiation, 6 months	HIV‐1 RNA suppression, 9 months
Avoidant coping, 3 months	0.23**	1
ART initiation, 6 months	−0.03	−0.10*	1
HIV‐1 RNA suppression, 9 months	0.02	−0.13**	0.53**	1
Age	−0.05	−0.01	0.08	0.04
Female	−0.01	−0.01	0.05	0.04
Zulu ethnicity	0.07	0.33**	−0.11*	−0.09
Xhosa ethnicity	−0.22**	−0.48**	0.14**	0.13*
Single relationship status	−0.01	−0.01	−0.06	−0.10
High school education	−0.05	−0.20**	0.04	0.05
Employed	0.01	−0.06	−0.01	0.01
Recreational drug use	0.11*	0.17**	−0.04	−0.04
Binge drinking	−0.02	−0.01	−0.01	−0.03
Tobacco use	−0.06	−0.05	−0.04	−0.01

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.

ART, antiretroviral therapy.