Developing a Scale of Public Stigma towards Infected People with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

The Stigmatization of people is an important research point social sciences. Stigma has a major impact on individual’s life and society, as it can cause suffering greater than the physical disorders. This study aimed to develop public stigma scale infected with COVID-19 in Saudi examine factorial structure other aspects validity reliability. Methods: was distributed electronically sample (518 adults)—due lockdown under spread COVID-19—through networking website “Twitter”. data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis, descriptive statistics confirmatory analysis IBM SPSS 26 AMOS 25. Results: Exploratory revealed that final version consists 15 items 3 components: cognitive, affective behavioral stigma, which explained 65.43% total variance. Confirmatory supported 3-factor structure, satisfactory. also reliable Cronbach’s α for .92, each subscale .77 - .86. showed adequate convergent discriminant validity. Overall, valid measure, may be useful preventing recovering stigma.