The relationship between individual characteristics and HIV-related stigma in adults living with HIV: medical monitoring project, Florida, 2015–2016

Table 1 Exploratory factor analysis with oblimin rotation^a

Questionnaire Items	Factor 1: Negative Self-Image Stigma	Factor 2: Personalized Stigma	Factor 3: Anticipated Stigma	h²
I have been hurt by how people reacted to learning I have HIV	0.04	0.61	0.04	0.41
I have stopped socializing with some people because of reactions to HIV status	0.04	0.85	−0.06	0.72
I have lost friends by telling them I have HIV	−0.07	0.76	0.04	0.57
I am very careful about who I tell I have HIV	−0.02	−0.07	0.44	0.17
I worry that people who know I have HIV will tell others	0.05	0.11	0.46	0.29
I feel I’m not good a person as others because of HIV	0.74	0.02	0.03	0.58
Having HIV makes me feel unclean	0.83	−0.04	0.01	0.68
Having HIV makes me feel that I’m a bad person	0.75	0.02	−0.01	0.57
Most people think that a person with HIV is disgusting	0.14	0.01	0.52	0.35
Most people with HIV are rejected when others find out	−0.07	0.07	0.71	0.50
Cronbach Alpha	0.81	0.78	0.64

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