Table II.

Factor Correlations and Loadings for the 21 Abridged Scale Items

Original Item # a		Original subscale assignment	Factor correlations b				Factor loading c
			Enacted Stigma (1)	Disclosure Concerns (2)	Negative Self- Image (3)	Concern with Public Attitudes (4)
39	People seem afraid of me because I have HIV	1,4,3	0.67				.63
18	Some people who know have grown more distant	1	0.63				.61
26	I regret having told some people that I have HIV	1	0.82				.82
34	Some people act as though it’s my fault I have HIV	1,4	0.68				.62
27	As a rule telling others has been a mistake	1,4,3	0.82				.87
25	I worry people who know I have HIV will tell others	2		0.52			.45
17	I am very careful whom I tell that I have HIV	2		0.60			.65
6	I work hard to keep my HIV a secret	2,3		0.54			.45
4	Telling someone I have HIV is risky	2,4		0.60			.62
22	I worry that people may judge me when they learn	2,4		0.53			.44
13	I feel set apart, isolated from the rest of the world	1,3,4			0.52		.44
15	Having HIV makes me feel I’m a bad person	3			0.47		.43
7	I feel I’m not as good as others because I have HIV	3			0.59		.56
12	Having HIV makes me feel unclean	3			0.58		.63
23	Having HIV in my body is disgusting to me	3			0.53		.49
2	I feel guilty because I have HIV	3			0.47		.38
14	Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting	4				0.61	.60
16	Most with HIV are rejected when others learn	4,1				0.67	.64
10	Most people believe a person who has HIV is dirty	4				0.69	.73
20	Most people are uncomfortable around someone with HIV	4				0.64	.61
9	People with HIV are treated like outcasts	4				0.75	.72

^aBerger et al, 2001. Copyright 2001 Research in Nursing & Health. Scale items reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

^bCorrelations < .45 not shown

^cPattern matrix subscale factor loadings