Table 1.
Means and standard deviations for dependent variables
| Overall | BDSM community | Other minority community | Majority | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Explicit consent (0 = no, 1 = yes)a | 31% | 0.46 | 40% | 0.49 | 29% | 0.46 | 25% | 0.44 |
| Communicationa | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.58 | 0.04 | 0.56 | 0.03 |
| Descriptive norms (non-BDSM) | 4.46 | 1.09 | 4.60 | 1.09 | 4.47 | 1.07 | 4.36 | 1.09 |
| Descriptive norms (BDSM) | 5.47 | 1.18 | 5.71 | 1.22 | 5.38 | 1.21 | 5.35 | 1.09 |
| Injunctive norms (non-BDSM) | 4.84 | 1.13 | 4.86 | 1.13 | 4.78 | 1.14 | 4.87 | 1.12 |
| Injunctive norms (BDSM) | 5.92 | 1.06 | 5.99 | 1.16 | 5.84 | 1.01 | 5.93 | 1.01 |
| Disruptiveness | 2.62 | 1.11 | 2.37 | 1.03 | 2.63 | 1.10 | 2.79 | 1.16 |
aMeans and standard deviations for the overall sample were calculated using a smaller sample of eligible responses (ns ranging from 267 to 275). Communication scores were continuous. Response options for descriptive norms, injunctive norms, and disruptiveness ranged from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)