Table 2.

Descriptive data on main study variables for heterosexual and lesbian/bisexual women in relationships

	Heterosexual (n = 139)		Lesbian/Bisexual (n = 114)
Variables	M	SD	M	SD	Range	t test
Social support
Received support	2.83	1.89	3.06	2.12	0.00–9.00	-.93
Satisfaction with support	5.31	0.96	5.26	0.94	0.83–6.00	.35
Childhood sexual abuse
Severity	2.13	5.08	4.01	6.91	0.00–28.00	−2.49**
Frequencya	3.11	1.75	3.47	1.55	1.00–5.00	-.94
Relationship satisfaction
Consensus	49.13	8.48	49.46	7.46	0.00–64.00	-.32
Cohesion	16.16	4.48	17.26	3.55	4.00–24.00	−2.17*
Satisfaction	37.37	7.47	38.47	6.68	7.00–48.00	−1.23
Depressive symptomatology
Depressive affect	4.74	4.45	4.52	4.40	0.00–21.00	.40
Positive affect	3.83	3.21	2.92	2.90	0.00–12.00	2.32*
Somatic and retarded activity	5.95	4.11	5.54	4.23	0.00–18.00	.77
Interpersonal problems	0.84	1.15	0.76	1.04	0.00–6.00	.55
Sexual functioning
Desire	7.30	2.47	8.44	2.33	1.29–13.00	−3.74***
Arousal	6.99	2.43	7.98	2.58	0.50–12.00	−3.17**
Frequency	5.93	1.82	6.48	2.23	2.25–12.00	−2.17*
Receptivity/initiation	9.25	4.45	10.35	4.62	0.00–16.00	−1.92
Pleasure/orgasm	5.16	2.34	6.17	2.29	0.00–11.25	−3.46***
Sexual problems	5.18	2.44	4.38	1.93	0.00–11.51	2.83**
Sexual Satisfaction	26.69	7.21	28.62	6.57	5.00–35.00	−2.09*
	n	%	n	%		χ2
Children in the home
Yes	70	50.4	31	27.2		14.02***
No	69	49.6	83	72.8

^aScores for frequency of childhood sexual abuse are as follows: 1 = one time, 2 = 2–4 times, 3 = 5–7 times, 4 = 8–10 times, 5 = 11 or more times

^*p <.05

^**p <.01

^***p <.001