Table 3.
Variables describing risk reducing symbiotic processes and prevention tactics in risk situations: Intercorrelations between scales, subscales, and single-item measures
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk reducing symbiotic processes | |||||||||||||||
| 1 Keeping It | r | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Together scale | P | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Withdrawal | r | .419 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Prevention scale | P | .010* | |||||||||||||
| 3 Homeless | r | .287 | .417 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Safety Tactics scale | P | .268 | .074† | ||||||||||||
| 4 Embedding | r | .160 | .378 | .555 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Safety within Network scale | P | .438 | .021* | .010* | |||||||||||
| 5 Access to | r | –.032 | .341 | .290 | .415 | 1 | |||||||||
| Resources scale | P | .895 | .062† | .268 | .016* | ||||||||||
| 6 Relatives | r | .098 | .304 | .176 | .117 | .721 | 1 | ||||||||
| Support subscale | P | .646 | .074† | .514 | .550 | .000*** | |||||||||
| 7 Drug Users | r | –.101 | .276 | .358 | .500 | .809 | .299 | 1 | |||||||
| Support subscale | P | .646 | .105 | .123 | .001** | .000*** | .081† | ||||||||
| 8 Program | r | –.135 | .088 | .044 | .192 | .579 | .167 | .335 | 1 | ||||||
| Staff Support subscale | P | .514 | .665 | .895 | .315 | .000*** | .418 | .064† | |||||||
| 9 Reducing | r | .171 | .479 | .378 | .441 | .214 | .127 | .200 | .079 | 1 | |||||
| drug intake on one's own | P | .397 | .002** | .105 | .006** | .268 | .514 | .268 | .704 | ||||||
| 10 Storing | r | .250 | .315 | .433 | .329 | .118 | –.056 | .185 | .134 | .214 | 1 | ||||
| sealed syringes | P | .169 | .065† | .065† | .062† | .555 | .764 | .315 | .514 | .232 | |||||
| Prevention tactics in risk situations | |||||||||||||||
| 11 Making sure | r | .130 | .141 | .560 | .445 | .454 | .362 | .455 | .195 | –.154 | –.022 | 1 | |||
| partner has clean works | P | .704 | .665 | .080† | .105 | .097† | .210 | .097† | .549 | .646 | .975 | ||||
| 12 Keeping own | r | .396 | .411 | .311 | .162 | .078 | –.005 | .119 | .022 | .211 | .196 | .051 | 1 | ||
| personal injection space | P | .021* | .010* | .232 | .428 | .704 | .976 | .550 | .936 | .268 | .300 | .895 | |||
| 13 Injecting | r | .145 | .004 | –.426 | –.029 | .062 | .131 | –.068 | .074 | –.087 | –.199 | .018 | .274 | 1 | |
| alone | P | .493 | .976 | .065† | .895 | .751 | .514 | .719 | .704 | .663 | .268 | .976 | .123 | ||
| 14 Others asked | r | .005 | .270 | .411 | .468 | .188 | –.090 | .386 | .065 | .230 | .246 | –.125 | .076 | –.132 | 1 |
| to use your syringes | P | .976 | .112 | .074† | .004** | .329 | .657 | .016* | .734 | .194 | .158 | .704 | .704 | .514 | |
| 15 Had drugs | r | .068 | .142 | .130 | .267 | .122 | –.008 | .225 | –.006 | .130 | .131 | .075 | –.154 | –.244 | .388 |
| but no sterile syringes | P | .726 | .482 | .646 | .123 | .550 | .976 | .210 | .976 | . 514 | .514 | .823 | .460 | .159 | .016* |
r correlation coefficient; P adjusted P-values using Benjamini & Hochberg [13] false discovery rate correction
†
P < .1;
*
P < .05;
**
P < .01;
***
P < .001