Table 4.
Safe sexual practices | Depressed mood Mean (SD) | No depressed mood Mean (SD) | P |
---|---|---|---|
How confident are you that you can: | |||
Talk about safe sex with a casual partner? | 69.12 (30.6) | 79.78 (27.9) | 0.03 |
Buy condoms in a drug store? | 72.74 (33.6) | 77.83 (30.0) | 0.34 |
Refuse to have sex with someone you don’t know very well | 68.14 (34.1) | 84.22 (29.8) | 0.003 |
Use a condom correctly if your partner wanted to | 81.13 (28.0) | 91.09 (23.6) | 0.02 |
Convince a partner that he or she should use a condom | 75.48 (29.1) | 88.26 (24.0) | 0.005 |
Prevent a partner from having anal sex with you | 74.98 (33.0) | 89.78 (23.8) | 0.004 |
Ask a partner about his or her other sexual partners | 69.47 (33.5) | 76.00 (32.8) | 0.23 |