Table 3.

Stigma mechanisms among persons living with HIV in Mexico (n = 362)

Items	Factors	Factor loadings	Omega valuesa
Factor 1: Promulgated stigma (family members)			0.95
1	Family members have avoided me	0.85
2	Family members have looked down on me	0.92
3	Family members have treated me differently	0.84
Factor 2: Promulgated stigma (healthcare workers)			0.87
4	Healthcare workers have not listened to my concerns	0.62
5	Healthcare workers have avoided touching me	0.81
6	Healthcare workers have treated me with less respect	0.80
Factor 3: Internalized stigma			0.93
7	Having HIV makes me feel like I’m a bad person	0.66
8	I feel I’m not as good as others because I have HIV	0.74
9	I feel ashamed of having HIV	0.84
10	I think less of myself because I have HIV	0.89
11	Having HIV makes me feel unclean	0.86
12	Having HIV is disgusting to me	0.60
Factor 4: Anticipated stigma (family members)			0.92
13	Family members will avoid me	0.93
14	Family members will look down on me	0.87
15	Family members will treat me differently	0.71
Factor 5: Anticipated stigma (healthcare workers)			0.92
16	Healthcare workers will not listen to my concerns	0.71
17	Healthcare workers will avoid touching me	0.75
18	Healthcare workers will treat me with less respect	0.98

Note: ^aOrdinal. Global scale’s consistency: global ordinal omega = 0.86. Explained variance = 68%; RMSEA = 0.11 (CI 95% = 0.10–0.12); corrected RMSR = 0.03.