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Table 2 Confirmatory factor analysis of the SAT-PLWHA-S: final solution, completely standardized for 7 oblique factors

From: Stigmatizing attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS: validation of a measurement scale

Item no.

 

Regression coefficients*

Error variance

Item description

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

F7

 

F1: Concerns about occasional encounters

        

1

Being around someone who has AIDS does not bother me.

.983

      

.034

2

I would not be worried for my health if a co-worker had AIDS.

.935

      

.126

3

It would not bother me if there was a boarding house for people with AIDS on my street.

.796

      

.366

 

F2: Avoidance of personal contact

        

4

I could not be friends with someone who has AIDS.

 

.908

     

.176

5

I would limit my contact with a person whom I know is infected with AIDS.

 

.888

     

.212

6

I would not hug someone with AIDS.

 

.968

     

.064

 

F3: Responsibility and blame

        

7

People who use injectable drugs deserve to have AIDS.

  

.802

    

.357

8

My support for a person living with AIDS depends on how the person was infected.

  

.822

    

.325

9

I am disgusted by persons who were infected during homosexual relations.

  

.956

    

.086

17

People who are infected with the AIDS virus because they have not used a condom deserve what they get.

  

.872

    

.240

29

People with AIDS have only themselves to blame.

  

.799

    

.362

39

Most people with AIDS are responsible for having their illness.

  

.721

    

.481

 

F4: Liberalism

        

10

To fight AIDS, it is necessary that young people not have sex.

   

.783

   

.387

11

Reinforcement of traditional sexual values will help to control AIDS.

   

.762

   

.419

12

The arrival of AIDS is linked to the fact that people have more sexual freedom.

   

.789

   

.378

13

The spread of AIDS is linked to the decline of moral values.

   

.787

   

.380

 

F5: Non-discrimination

        

14

People who have AIDS should have the right to work serving the public, as waiters-waitresses, cooks, hairdressers, etc.

    

.901

  

.189

15

Children who are infected with the aids virus should be able to go to day-care.

    

.857

  

.266

16

Doctors with AIDS should be allowed to go on working with their patients.

    

.674

  

.546

19

People infected with the aids virus should be allowed to immigrate to Canada.

    

.724

  

.475

23

If I had a roommate and discovered he was infected with the AIDS virus, it would not bother me.

    

.821

  

.326

 

F6: Confidentiality of serological status

        

27

I have the right to know if someone around me is infected with the AIDS virus.

     

.766

 

.413

32

When a screening test indicates that someone is infected with the AIDS virus, the result should remain confidential.

     

.638

 

.592

41

Doctors should report the names of people with AIDS to the government.

     

.665

 

.558

 

F7: Criminalization of transmission

        

26

Transmitting the AIDS virus should be punishable by law.

      

.686

.529

31

People who know they are infected with the AIDS virus and who transmit the virus are criminals.

      

.692

.521

34

Transmitting the AIDS virus is a crime.

      

.960

.079

  1. Note. n = 689. *All regression coefficients and error variances are significant at 0.05.