Research Article

Measurement of Stigma in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hanoi, Vietnam: Assessment of a Homosexuality-Related Stigma Scale

Table 3

Items and corresponding factor loadings from the rotated factor structure matrix: principal axis factoring with a Varimax rotation.

ItemSubsample A Sub-sample B
Factor 1Factor2Factor 3Factor 1Factor 2Factor 3

ā€‰Enacted homosexual stigma
Item 10.020.41 * 0.48 * 0.21
Item 2 0.62 * 0.100.050.53 * 0.04
Item 3 0.79 * 0.83 * 0.06
Item 4 0.89 * 0.110.010.84 *
Item 5 0.51 * 0.11 0.42 *
Item 6 0.21 0.13 0.20
Item 7 0.61 * 0.050.49 * 0.01
Item 8 0.13 0.05 0.280.27
Item 9 0.72 * 0.00 0.70 * 0.02

ā€‰Perceived homosexual stigma
Item 100.37 * 0.100.080.55 * 0.010.10
Item 110.38 * 0.040.110.48 * 0.16
Item 120.51 * 0.080.57 * 0.110.12
Item 130.74 * 0.130.71 * 0.13
Item 140.75 * 0.060.65 * 0.21
Item 150.74 * 0.120.70 * 0.14
Item 160.57 * 0.120.56 * 0.02
Item 170.62 * 0.160.74 * 0.010.13
Item 180.37 * 0.35 * 0.09
Item 190.47 * 0.070.34 * 0.09
Item 200.40 * 0.46 * 0.06

ā€‰Internalized homosexual stigma
Item 210.15 0.70 * 0.13 0.69 *
Item 220.09 0.70 * 0.16 0.64 *
Item 230.130.120.60 * 0.26 0.35 *
Item 24 0.160.59 * 0.010.090.51 *
Item 25 0.73 * 0.200.060.54 *
Item 260.100.010.70 * 0.12 0.43 *
Item 270.10 0.30 * 0.260.030.32 *
Item 280.150.130.58 * 0.280.010.40 *

Note: *loadings ā‰„ 0.30.