Table 1.
Means and Standard Deviations for Rewards and Cost of Disclosing
Rewards | Costs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | M | SD | Item | M | SD |
1. Keep them safe from HIV | 4.45 | .94 | 1. We would fight | 3.78 | 1.44 |
2. Understanding | 3.99 | 1.12 | 2. Person would lecture me | 3.72 | 1.24 |
3. They had a right to know | 3.93 | 1.34 | 3. Person would blame me | 3.53 | 1.44 |
4. I could count on the person | 3.79 | 1.23 | 4. Person would be burdened | 2.82 | 1.28 |
5. Get emotional support | 3.39 | 1.37 | 5. Person would be concerned | 2.79 | 1.28 |
6. Improve the relationship | 3.36 | 1.30 | 6. Relationship would get bad | 2.79 | 1.41 |
7. Be more connected | 3.32 | 1.35 | 7. Might lose the relationship | 2.60 | 1.50 |
8. Would bring us closer | 3.31 | 1.45 | 8. Person would not want to be around me | 2.59 | 1.51 |
9. Person could help me | 2.69 | 1.51 | |||
10. I could blow off steam | 2.36 | 1.27 |
Reward scale M = 3.46, SD = .75. Cost scale M = 2.92, SD = .95.