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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2014 Dec 29;23(1):49–58. doi: 10.1037/a0038399

Table 2.

Correlations among AUC (standardized) for each Sexual Discounting Task Condition, HIV Knowledge, Sexual Behaviors, Attitudes, Sensation Seeking, and Impulsivity

Construct Most STI (N=114) Least STI (N=110) Most Sex (N=113) Least Sex (N=115)
r p-value r p-value r p-value r p-value

Total Number of Photos Chosen −0.15 0.10 −0.05 0.64 0.00 0.96 −0.17 0.07
Lifetime Risky Partners −0.03 0.79 −0.15 0.12 −0.19 0.04 * 0.02 0.79
Lifetime Unique Substances Used 0.05 0.58 −0.23 0.02 * −0.22 0.02 * −0.16 0.09
HIV Knowledge Score −0.08 0.41 −0.20 0.04 * −0.14 0.13 −0.08 0.37
Attitudes Toward Risk Scale (total sum) ~ 0.00 1.00 0.19 0.05 * 0.33 0.00 *** 0.09 0.33
  High Regard for Social Approval 0.04 0.66 0.18 0.06 0.35 0.00 *** 0.14 0.13
  High Regard for Danger −0.05 0.60 0.16 0.10 0.27 0.00 ** −0.01 0.91
Sensation Seeking Scale (total sum) 0.06 0.51 −0.30 0.00 ** −0.28 0.00 ** −0.01 0.88
  Boredom Susceptibility 0.07 0.47 −0.12 0.20 −0.14 0.13 0.06 0.50
  Thrill and Adventure Seeking 0.03 0.77 −0.24 0.01 * −0.22 0.02 * −0.02 0.86
  Disinhibition 0.00 0.99 −0.23 0.02 * −0.28 0.00 ** −0.08 0.39
  Experience Seeking 0.09 0.34 −0.27 0.00 ** −0.16 0.10 −0.01 0.91
UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale 0.09 0.36 0.00 0.99 −0.11 0.26 0.00 0.97
  Negative Urgency 0.13 0.16 0.00 0.98 −0.07 0.43 0.03 0.74
  Lack of Premeditation −0.01 0.93 0.05 0.57 −0.03 0.74 0.14 0.15
  Lack of Perseverance −0.10 0.31 −0.08 0.43 −0.20 0.03 * −0.17 0.07
  Sensation Seeking 0.03 0.78 −0.08 0.43 −0.13 0.18 0.03 0.76
  Positive Urgency 0.12 0.20 0.06 0.53 0.00 0.98 −0.03 0.78

NOTE: positive coefficients denote more of the characteristic is related to greater postponement of sex (less discounting).

NOTE: negative coefficients denote more of the characteristic is related to more immediate sex (greater discounting).

~

higher values denote less favorable attitudes toward risk

*

p≤ 0.05,

**

p ≤ 0.01,

***

p ≤ 0.001