Table 1.

Means, Standard Deviations, and Cronbach’s Alpha or Correlations between Items for Risk/Benefit and Intervention-Specific Variables, with Paired T-tests comparing Risks, Benefits, and Willingness between Intervention Modalities

	Group- based Mean (SD)	Group- based α / ra	Text message- based Mean (SD)	Text message- based α / ra	t
General Risk/Benefit Variables
Felt Stigma	1.97 (1.03)	.84	2.01 (1.07)	.87	ns
Anticipated Enacted Stigma	2.12 (1.10)	.47	2.06 (1.12)	.61	ns
Lack of Social Privacy	2.17 (.98)	.79	1.98 (.97)	.83	2.07*
Comfort with Sexual Topics in the Intervention	3.86 (.88)	.65	3.74 (.97)	.73	ns
Sharing Experiences	3.56 (.94)	.25	3.37 (.85)	.02	2.29*
Teach Others	3.37 (1.02)	.61	3.28 (1.06)	.61	ns
Convenience	3.12 (1.22)	-	3.19 (1.22)	-	ns
Anticipated Enjoyment of the Intervention	3.75 (1.06)	.47	3.73 (1.05)	.36	ns
Willingness to Participate in the Intervention	3.71 (1.19)	.73	3.92 (1.10)	.70	−1.75+
Group-Based Intervention Variables
Lack of anonymity	2.68 (.89)	.62
Group Comfort	3.32 (1.11)	.34
Learn from Others	3.94 (.89)	.86
Shyness	2.82 (1.23)	-
Transportation Difficulties	2.02 (1.23)	-
Childcare Difficulties	1.89 (1.22)	-
Text Message-Based Intervention Variables
Intrusiveness			1.92 (1.12)	.66
Texting Privacy			1.85 (1.19)	-
Comfort with Texting about Sexual Topics in General			2.82 (1.24)	-

Note. All variables measures on 5-point scales.

^aCorrelations were calculated between items on the two-item scales: Anticipated Enacted Stigma, Sharing Experiences, Anticipated Enjoyment of the Intervention, Group Comfort, Intrusiveness

⁺p < .10

^*p < .05