TABLE 3.
Results of principal factor analysis for 14‐item COVID‐19 stigma scale (n = 335)
| Factors | Reliability | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social stigma | Negative self‐image | Disclosure concerns | 0.91 | |
| Items | ||||
| Social stigma | 0.94 | |||
| C4. People do not want to use the objects you touch a | 0.942 | 0.078 | 0.126 | |
| C3. Most people are uncomfortable around someone with COVID‐19 | 0.941 | 0.075 | 0.128 | |
| P1. Some people avoid dealing with me despite my respect of social distancing and wearing mask | 0.929 | 0.093 | 0.109 | |
| C1. People with COVID‐19 are treated like outcasts | 0.807 | 0.081 | 0.301 | |
| C2. Most people believe a person who has COVID‐19 is dirty | 0.781 | 0.132 | 0.327 | |
| C5. People made you feel that being ill was your mistake a | 0.672 | 0.038 | 0.342 | |
| C8. People avoid dealing with your family members a | 0.662 | 0.335 | 0.135 | |
| Negative self‐image | 0.93 | |||
| N4. When you got sick, you felt dirty a | 0.067 | 0.952 | −0.103 | |
| N6. You feel ashamed because you got sick a | 0.075 | 0.928 | −0.047 | |
| N3. I feel I'm not as good a person as others because I have COVID‐19 | 0.092 | 0.915 | −0.022 | |
| N2. People's attitudes about COVID‐19 make me feel worse about myself | 0.233 | 0.852 | −0.022 | |
| Disclosure concerns | 0.98 | |||
| D1. Telling someone I have COVID‐19 is risky | 0.255 | −0.070 | 0.939 | |
| D2. I work hard to keep my COVID‐19 a secret | 0.263 | −0.065 | 0.938 | |
| D3. I did not tell anyone that I have COVID‐19 except my close entourage | 0.271 | −0.077 | 0.928 | |
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Additional item.