. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 10.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Jan;43(1):161–171. doi: 10.1007/s10508-013-0211-0

Table 5.

Association of relationship factors with HIV-negative gay male couple’s attitudes about using couples-based HIV voluntary counseling and testing

	CVCT
	Between dyads	Within dyads

Factor	β (SE)	β (SE)
Age of couple (years)^a		−0.02 (0.01)^*
One or both partners had sex outside of their relationship	0.49 (0.15)^**	−0.28 (0.11)^*
Investment model
Satisfaction level	0.36 (0.12)^**
Trust scale
Dependability	−0.23 (0.11)^*
Sexual Agreement Investment scale
Commitment	0.47 (0.18)^**
Value		0.26 (0.11)^*

LR χ²	33.63^***	10.14^*

Notes.

Results of final multivariate multilevel random-effects maximum likelihood regression models. Both models included relationship duration, race and age of the couple, and UAI within the relationship as potential confounders.

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001

Age of the couple included couple’s average age for the between dyads multivariate models and couple’s difference in age (between partners) for the within dyads multivariate models.