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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2011 May 24;49(1):13–26. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2011.565428

Figure 1. Decision Tree for Risk of Coital Debut.

Figure 1

Note: High risk groups are bolded and underlined, medium risk groups are bolded, and low risk groups are depicted in standard typeface. Girls with high body objectification were classified as having scores ≥ 3.95 (M = 3.03, SD = .79; cut-off is 1.16 standard deviations above the mean); girls with high school aspirations were classified as wanting to pursue “graduate or professional school”; girls with high depressive symptoms were classified as having scores ≥ 3 on the CDI (M = 2.54, SD = 2.71; cut-off is .17 standard deviations above the mean); girls with high body satisfaction were classified as having scores ≥ 3.07 on the Body Image Subscale of SIQYA (M = 2.85, SD = .57; cut-off is .39 standard deviations above the mean); girls with high relationship inauthenticity were classified as having scores ≥ 3.32 on the Inauthentic-Self-in-Relationships subscale of the AFIS (M = 3.24, SD = .73; cut-off is .11 standard deviations above the mean). The cut-offs were not arbitrarily determined by the researchers, but were determined by the split that best separated the girls who had engaged in intercourse by the 10th grade from the girls who had not.