Table 2 Stigma univariate statistics

T-score Distributions

37.1

42.8

44.6

46.3

47.7

49.9

50.8

53.3

54

57.7

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

2

4

Score Distributions by Item

Subscale

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

Mean

SD

N

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1. Others avoided me

felt

8

5

5

0

0

1.88

0.86

18

2. I felt left out

self

6

2

3

7

0

2.61

1.33

18

3. Others made fun of me

felt

9

6

3

0

0

1.65

0.79

18

4. I felt embarrassed

self

7

5

5

1

0

2.00

0.97

18

5. I was treated unfairly

felt

8

5

2

2

0

1.88

1.05

17

6. Others ignored my good points

felt

11

5

2

0

0

1.53

0.72

18

7. I felt different

self

3

4

8

3

0

2.61

0.98

18

8. I avoided making friends to avoid talking about illness

felt

10

5

3

0

0

1.65

0.79

18

Stigma Scales

Composite T-score

N = 18

Enacted/Felt Stigma

N = 17

Self-Stigma

N = 18

Min-Max

5 to 25

3 to 15

Mean

49.56

8.6

7.2

SD

7.28

3.8

2.8

Median

52

7

8

Minimum score

31.1

5

3

Maximum score

57.7

15

12

Mean as % of Possible Total

34%

48%