Table 4.

Standardized direct effects for hypothesized paths in the HIV stigma framework for persons living with HIV (n = 173) calculated using partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with bootstrapping

Hypothesized path	Sample Mean	SD	T value	p value
Personalized stigma—physical functioning	− 0.08	0.11	0.77	0.47
Disclosure concerns—physical functioning	0.14	0.09	1.62	0.11
Concerns about public attitudes—physical functioning	− 0.33	0.11	3.07	< 0.05
Disclosure concerns—antiretroviral adherencea	− 0.15	0.11	1.11	0.31
Concerns about public attitudes—antiretroviral adherencea	< 0.01	0.12	0.16	0.87
Negative self-image—antiretroviral adherencea	− 0.05	0.11	0.49	0.63
Negative self-image—emotional wellbeing: positive effect	− 0.21	0.07	2.97	< 0.05
Negative self-image—emotional wellbeing: negative effect	− 0.45	0.07	6.90	< 0.05
Age—physical functioning	− 0.08	0.08	1.03	0.31
Age—antiretroviral adherencea	− 0.21	0.07	3.12	< 0.05
Age—emotional wellbeing: positive effect	− 0.03	0.06	0.53	0.60
Age—emotional wellbeing: negative effect	0.01	0.07	0.09	0.93
Gender and originb—physical functioning	− 0.07	0.08	0.84	0.40
Gender and originb—antiretroviral adherencea	0.12	0.09	1.28	0.20
Gender and originb—emotional wellbeing: positive effect	0.09	0.07	1.46	0.15
Gender and originb—emotional wellbeing: negative effect	0.06	0.07	0.89	0.37

^a0, Adherent; 1, non-adherent

^b0, other; 1, female, migrated to Sweden