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Table 3 One and two factor EFA results for the sample of women residing in Jordan (n = 108)

From: Measuring sexual violence stigma in humanitarian contexts: assessment of scale psychometric properties and validity with female sexual violence survivors from Somalia and Syria

Stigma items

1 factor solution

2 factor solution

All stigma loading

Residual variance

Internalized stigma loading

Community or family stigma loading

Residual variance

Feelings of worthlessness, of having no value (i)

0.64*

0.60

0.78*

− 0.07

0.44

Feeling detached or withdrawn from others (i)

0.68*

0.54

0.77*

0.00

0.41

Feeling badly treated by family members (p)

0.50*

0.75

0.25

0.33*

0.74

Feeling badly treated by community members (p)

0.55*

0.70

− 0.10

0.72*

0.55

Feeling shame (i)

0.51*

0.75

0.61*

− 0.04

0.65

Blaming yourself for past events (i)

0.64*

0.59

0.68*

0.05

0.51

Feeling rejected by everybody (i)

0.79*

0.38

0.32*

0.58*

0.37

Feeling stigma (p)

0.81*

0.34

0.54*

0.40*

0.32

Wanting to avoid others or hide (i)

0.76*

0.43

0.73*

0.13

0.35

Feeling like your family gazes at you like they are blaming you (p)

0.79*

0.37

0.27*

0.62*

0.35

Feeling like community members gaze at you like they are blaming you (p)

0.76*

0.43

− 0.01

0.88*

0.23

Wanting to change the way you dress (i)

0.20*

0.96

0.02

0.22

0.95

Been abandoned/thrown out of your home (e)

0.54*

0.70

0.08

0.56*

0.64

Rejected by your family because of trauma you experienced (e)

0.63*

0.60

0.06

0.66*

0.52

Rejected by your intimate partner because of trauma you experienced (e)

0.58*

0.67

− 0.06

0.73*

0.52

Forced to live away from husband because of violence you experienced (e)

0.45*

0.80

0.18

0.34*

0.79

  1. *Loading significant at p < 0.05; e = enacted stigma item; i = internalized stigma item; p = perceived stigma item; Bold indicates the item was retained for future analyses