Table 2.
HSV Representations: Cause Dimension
| What is your chance of getting HSV: | Low n (%) |
Somewhat Low n (%) |
Somewhat High n (%) |
High n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When you have vaginal sex without a condom with someone who has HSV? | 1 (0.3) | 15 (5.0) | 37 (12.3) | 249 (82.5) |
| When you have several sexual partners? | 2 (0.7) | 21 (7.0) | 68 (22.6) | 210 (69.8) |
| When you have oral sex without a condom with a person who has HSV? | 8 (2.7) | 6 (2.0) | 54 (18.0) | 232 (77.3) |
| When you have vaginal sex without a condom with a new partner? | 10 (3.3) | 47 (15.7) | 109 (36.3) | 134 (44.7) |
| When you have a one-night stand? | 7 (2.3) | 42 (14.0) | 107 (35.7) | 144 (48.0) |
| When you have sex with someone and you don’t know about his or her sexual past? | 5 (1.7) | 36 (12.0) | 96 (32.1) | 162 (54.2) |
| Through sexual contact with another woman? | 12 (4.0) | 41 (13.6) | 123 (40.9) | 125 (41.5) |
Score range 1–4, higher subscores indicate greater recognition of the sexual risk behaviors associated with HSV transmission. Overall Subscale Mean = 3.45, SD = 0.47.