Translation and validation of the Short HIV Stigma scale in Brazilian Portuguese

Table 3 Factor loadings for the Short HIV Stigma scale in the base and DIF corrected models and influence of group on the overall estimates of latent factor scores: analysis 1 includes Grindr and social media samples and analysis 2 includes Hornet and social media samples

Short HIV stigma items	Analysis 1: Grindr and social media samples		Analysis 2: Hornet and social media samples
Short HIV stigma items	Base model	DIF corrected	Base model	DIF corrected
Personalized stigma
People I care about stopped calling after learning I have HIV	0.896	0.896	0.854	0.854
I have lost friends by telling them I have HIV	0.883	0.883	0.901	0.901
Some people avoid touching me once they know I have HIV	0.853	0.853	0.860	0.860
Disclosure concerns
I work hard to keep my HIV a secret	0.945	0.945	0.900	0.900
Telling someone I have HIV is risky	0.946	0.946	0.955	0.955
I am very careful who I tell that I have HIV	0.908	0.908	0.861	0.861
Concerns about public attitudes
Most people believe a person who has HIV is dirty	0.839	0.839	0.839	0.839
People with HIV are treated like outcasts	0.614	0.614	0.732	0.732
Most people are uncomfortable around someone with HIV	0.745	0.745	0.813	0.813
Negative self-image
I feel guilty because I have HIV	0.529	0.503	0.677	0.673
People’s attitudes about HIV make me feel worse about myself	0.891	0.895	0.872	0.872
I feel I’m not as good a person as others because I have HIV	0.662	0.660	0.670	0.670
Structural effect of group on latent factor^a
Personalized stigma	− 0.020	− 0.020	− 0.145	− 0.145
Disclosure concerns	0.969	0.969	0.647	0.647
Concerns about public attitudes	0.487	0.487	0.243	0.243
Negative self-image	0.252	0.194	0.180	0.120
Direct effect on item attributable to group
I feel guilty because I have HIV (item 10)		0.298		0.219

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