Table 4. Psychometric properties of the Affiliate Stigma Scale at the domain level .
Psychometric testing | Cognitive | Affective | Behavioral | Entire scale |
CR | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.97 |
AVE | 0.57 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.57 |
Ceiling effects (%) | 6.83 | 9.92 | 5.73 | 6.81 |
Floor effects (%) | 7.21 | 5.17 | 7.39 | 5.92 |
Internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.94 |
Person separation reliability | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.93 |
Person separation index | 2.14 | 2.60 | 2.63 | 3.62 |
Item separation reliability | 0.89 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
Item separation index | 2.78 | 6.48 | 5.77 | 17.61 |
Standard error of measurement (SEM) | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
Mean (SD) | 2.57 (0.82) | 3.49 (0.99) | 4.06 (0.65) | 3.40 (0.70) |
Abbreviations: CR, composite reliability; AVE, average variance extracted.