Table 2.
Mean Number of Topics Discussed by Communication Partner and Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Activity Status
| Dating Partners | Parents | Best Friends | Mixed-Model ANOVA | ||||||
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| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | F (Within) | η 2 | F (Between) | η 2 | F (Interaction) | η 2 | |
| Gender | 116.51*** | .17 | 23.03*** | .04 | 7.79*** | .01 | |||
| Girls (n=337) | 1.55 (2.05) | 3.27 (2.39) | 3.15 (2.28) | ||||||
| Boys (n=252) | 1.31 (1.98) | 2.35 (2.35) | 2.23 (2.19) | ||||||
| Ethnicity | 100.50*** | .15 | 3.70* | .02 | 3.90** | .02 | |||
| Caucasian (n=275) | 1.37 (1.96) | 2.48 (2.34) | 2.79 (2.31) | | | |||||
| African American (n=140) | 1.73 (2.13) | 3.45 (2.49) | 3.17 (2.30) | ||||||
| Latino (n=128) | 1.38 (2.06) | 2.91 (2.40) | 2.32 (2.20) | ||||||
| Mixed/Other (n=46) | 1.24 (1.88) | 3.39 (2.26) | 2.48 (2.18) | ||||||
| Sexually Active | 23.96*** | .04 | 18.27*** | .03 | 7.76** | .01 | |||
| Yes (n=56) | 2.95 (2.14) | 3.18 (2.28) | 3.79 (2.11) | ||||||
| No (n=533) | 1.29 (1.94) | 2.84 (2.43) | 2.65 (2.28) | ||||||
Note. Scale range for number of sexual topics = 0 – 6. F (Within) = within-group comparison by communication partner (dating partner, parent, or best friend). F (between) = between-group comparison by gender, ethnicity, or sexual activity status. η2=partial eta squared effect size. N = 589 [14 participants were excluded due to missing data on parent or friend communication (n=7), ethnicity (n =1). or sexual activity status (n=6)].
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p < .05
**
p < .01
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p < .001