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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2001 Aug;13(4):355–364. doi: 10.1521/aeap.13.4.355.21424

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.

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