Table 3.
Change on STI- and HIV-Related Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills, Behaviors, and Intimate Partner Violence
Constructs | Paired t-test analysis | ||||||
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Baseline (score ± SD) |
1 month postbaseline assessment (score ± SD) |
95% confidence interval | t | df | p | ||
Lower | Upper | ||||||
STI- and HIV-related information | |||||||
STI- and HIV-related knowledge | 2.51 ± 2.13 | 6.46 ± 2.55 | −4.87 | −3.02 | −8.67 | 34 | < .001* |
STI- and HIV-related motivation | |||||||
Attitudes toward the use of condoms | 42.53 ± 8.94 | 46.08 ± 8.69 | −6.49 | −.62 | −2.46 | 35 | .019* |
Traditional gender roles | 8.97 ± 3.08 | 8.6 ± 4.37 | −.87 | 1.59 | .60 | 35 | .554 |
Violence in relationships | 8.78 ± 2.94 | 8.64 ± 3.0 | −.69 | .96 | .33 | 36 | .743 |
Norms about condom use | 12.08 ± 2.26 | 12.11 ± 2.68 | −.96 | −.90 | −.06 | 35 | .952 |
STI- and HIV-related behavioral skills | |||||||
Perceived self- efficacy for STI and HIV prevention | 39.85 ± 5.13 | 42.06 ± 5.11 | −4.35 | −.061 | −2.09 | 33 | .044* |
Sexual communication and negotiation skills | 5.63 ± 2.28 | 5.71 ± 2.73 | −1.09 | .92 | −.173 | 34 | .863 |
STI- and HIV-related preventive behaviors | |||||||
Sexual Risk Taking With Uncommitted Partners Subscalea | 4.66 ± 5.19 | 2.49 ± 2.00 | .551 | 3.79 | 2.72 | 34 | .010* |
Risky Sex Acts Subscalea | 8.74 ± 10.97 | 9.91 ± 11.20 | −4.30 | 1.94 | −.767 | 33 | .448 |
Risky Anal Sex Subscale | 0.47 ± 1.9 | 0.31 ± .79 | -.46 | .79 | .54 | 35 | .591 |
STI- and HIV-related risk factors | |||||||
Intimate partner violence | 5.19 ± 2.71 | 4.89 ± 1.58 | −.62 | 1.23 | .671 | 35 | .507 |
One participant reported very high frequencies in this scale. This outlier case was excluded from the paired t-test analysis.
p < .05.