. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2012 Jun 12;24(9):1087–1091. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2012.690507

Table 2.

Mean, standard deviation, and α-coefficient of scale for each independent variable

Subscale	N	M	SD	Range	α
U. S. acculturation	300	2.71	0.63	1 – 4	0.85
Comfort with sexual orientation	298	4.36	0.86	1 – 5	-
Gender non-conformity	300	3.55	0.90	1 – 4	0.75
Gay community involvement	300	3.71	0.81	1 – 5	0.78
Gay-related victimization	300	2.14	0.68	1 – 4	0.77
Satisfaction with social support	300	2.63	0.71	1 – 4	0.89