Development of a scale to assess cancer stigma in the non-patient population

BMC Cancer

Table 4 Results of confirmatory factor analyses testing the generalizability of a 6-factor model of cancer stigma (n = 169)

Model	Items	χ ² _SB	df	CFI	TFI	SRMR	RMSEA
1. Unconstrained	26	562.80***	284	0.86	0.86	0.087	0.076
2. 1 item excluded¹	25	464.00***	260	0.90	0.89	0.071	0.068
3. 1 item excluded¹ and correlated residuals allowed²	25	379.63***	259	0.94	0.93	0.064	0.052

¹Item excluded from the Policy Opposition factor (Increased spending on cancer services is a waste of money) because the modification indices suggested it also loaded well onto several other factors.
²Correlated residuals were allowed between I would feel at ease around someone with cancer and I would feel comfortable around someone with cancer.
***p<.001.

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