Table 2.

Reliability and Structural Validity of the Overall Stigma Scale and Subscales

Questionnaire Items	Factor 1: Negative Affect	Factor 2: Treatment Carryover	Factor 3: Disclosure Carryover	Alpha Value
Overall stigma scale				0.77
Negative affect subscale				0.70
1. Being around Thandi would make me feel uncomfortable.	0.61	−0.03	−0.09
2. Thandi should feel embarrassed about her situation.	0.51	−0.18	0.22
4. If people found out about Thandi’s situation, Thandi would lose some of her friends.	0.29	0.25	0.03
6. Being around someone diagnosed with depression like Thandi would make me feel uncomfortable.	0.66	0.10	−0.10
7. Thandi should feel embarrassed about her diagnosis of depression.	0.52	0.07	0.14
Disclosure carryover subscale				0.74
3. Members of Thandi’s family would be better off if Thandi’s situation was kept secret.	−0.08	0.02	0.69
8. Members of Thandi’s family would be better off if her diagnosis of depression was kept secret.	0.04	0.05	0.68
Treatment carryover subscale				0.87
9. If Thandi were going to a clinic regularly to speak with a trained therapist about her problems to help treat her depression, and people found out she was going, she would lose some of her friends.	0.01	0.82	0.03
10. If Thandi were taking medication to help treat her depression, and people found out she was taking medication, she would lose some of her friends.	−0.01	0.82	0.00