Research Article

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

Table 5

Factor Cronbach’s coefficient alpha and correlations of three homosexual stigma subscales.

FactorsCronbach’s coefficient alphaCorrelation
Sub-sampleWhole sample12
A B

(1) Enacted homosexual stigma (7 items) 0.830.800.821
(2) Perceived homosexual stigma (11 items) 0.820.840.82   (P = 0.05)1
(3) Internalized homosexual stigma (8 items) 0.820.730.790.14  (P = 0.05)0.36 (P < 0.05)