Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Indicators of Latent Variables

Indicator of latent factors	Factor loading	Indirect effect of sensation seeking	Indirect effect of negative affect
Risky sexual behavior
No. of lifetime partnersa	.89	.20	.05
How soon sex with new partner	.62*	.14	.03
Years of intercourse before age 20 years	.47*	.11	.04
Affiliation with risky partner
Partner’s sexual risk behaviorsa	.99	.25	.07
Partner’s HIV risk behaviors	.75*	.19	.05
Drinking behavior
Past year heavy drinkinga	.81	.36	.10
Past year drinking in social settings	.77*	.34	.09
Past year drinking in sexual situations	.64*	.28	.08
Drug use
Illicit drug usea	.95	.35	.10
Drug problemsb	.89*	.33	.09
Past year illicit drug use in sexual situationsb	.79*	.29	.08
Impulsivityc
Parcel 1a	.83
Parcel 2	.62*
Parcel 3	.70*
Sensation seeking
Parcel 1a	.82
Parcel 2	.81*
Parcel 3	.67*
Anxiety
Parcel 1a	.88
Parcel 2	.81*
Parcel 3	.83*
Negative affect
No. of symptoms — depressiona	.77
No. of symptoms — trauma	.66*

^aFactor loading fixed to one to set scale of latent factor; significance not tested.

^bIndicates variables that were skewed and normalized using a log plus ten transformation for structural equation modeling.

^cConfirmatory factor analysis was performed separately to establish that these four factors were indeed the best structure of the personality variables, χ² = 104.21, df = 38, normed fit index = .98, Tucker–Lewis index = .98, comparative fit index = .99, root-mean-square error of approximation = .042 (.032–.051).

^*p < .001.