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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2013 Aug;25(4):315–326. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.4.315

Table 4.

Endorsement of prevention messages in SEM with covariate adjustment (N=1,231)

X̄ (SD)
All
n=353
Some
n=663
None
n=215

1 A clip at the beginning with a porn star encouraging you to practice safer sex 1.68 (0.06) 2.40 (0.18) 4.29 (0.14)
2 Guys finding sexy ways to talk about condoms 1.76 (0.07) 2.65 (0.15) 4.73 (0.20)
3 Guys putting a condom on themselves or on their partner(s) 1.33 (0.04) 1.74 (0.07) 4.05 (0.44)
4 Guys applying lube to themselves or to their partner(s) 1.35 (0.04) 1.67 (0.06) 3.31 (0.34)
5 Discussion of HIV status before sex 2.02 (0.08) 3.46 (0.13) 4.66 (0.16)
6 Including porn stars living with HIV 2.54 (0.11) 3.59 (0.11) 4.05 (0.15)
7 Using condoms for anal sex 1.27 (0.03) 1.88 (0.16) 4.28 (0.23)
8 Using dental dams or barriers for rimming 1.71 (0.08) 4.25 (0.12) 5.21 (0.15)
9 Using gloves for fingering 1.84 (0.10) 4.62 (0.12) 5.32 (0.14)
10 Using gloves for fisting 1.57 (0.08) 3.41 (0.08) 4.39 (0.21)
11 Using condoms for oral sex 2.24 (0.13) 5.08 (0.10) 5.55 (0.13)

Note: Means <3.0 were considered indicators of class membership (indicated by boldface). All items were responded to using a 7-point Likert-type response format, with 1 = very acceptable and 7 = very unacceptable.