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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nurs Scholarsh. 2014 Nov 19;47(2):106–116. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12114

Table 3.

Change on STI- and HIV-Related Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills, Behaviors, and Intimate Partner Violence

Constructs Paired t-test analysis
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
a

One participant reported very high frequencies in this scale. This outlier case was excluded from the paired t-test analysis.

*

p < .05.