Table 1.

Psychometric description of scales.

Variables	Range of Scores	No. of Items	Mean (SD)	Cronbach Alpha
HIV knowledge	0–18	18	8.37 (3.06)	0.73
Self-efficacy	1–5	4	3.42 (1.23)	0.82
Communication	1–5	4	4.28 (0.86)	0.81
Peer influence	1–5	4	2.41 (0.91)	0.70
Negotiation	1–5	7	3.39 (0.83)	0.70
FPT	1–5	5	2.72 (0.78)
HPT	1–5	10	2.80 (0.61)	0.73
Future Time	1–5	11	3.42 (0.69)	0.75

Notes: FPT, fatalistic present time; HPT, hedonistic present time. We combined the presents (FPT and HPT) to get a single Cronbach score.