A cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a scale to assess illness identity in adults living with a chronic illness in South Africa: a case of HIV

Table 8 Correlations: inclination to disclose positive HIV status and situational disclosure with four illness identity subscales; rejection, acceptance, engulfment and enrichment

N	Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Illness identity
1	Rejection
2	Acceptance	− 0.22*
		0.01
		90
3	Engulfment	0.20*	− 0.28**
		0.01	< 0.001
		90	90
4	Enrichment	− 0.06	0.38^**	− 0.14
		0.47	< 0.001	.08
		90	90	90
	Disclosure
5	HIV status reveal to anyone	0.06	− 0.04	0.06	− 0.03
		0.5	0.66	0.47	0.76
		90	90	90	90
6	HIV status never reveal	− 0.24**	0.03	0.06	− 0.04	− 0.16
		0.01	0.78	0.46	0.67	0.08
		90	90	90	90	90
7	HIV status reveal when necessary	0.14	− 0.11	0.14	0.03	0.23*	− 0.04
		0.11	0.23	0.11	0.71	0.01	0.66
		90	90	90	90	90	90

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