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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Res. 2015 Jul 9;53(2):239–250. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2014.1002125

Table 1.

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Groups’ Differences on Sex-Related Attitudes and Personality Factors and Sexual Risk–Related Behaviors

Sexual Risk and Safety Indicators n IPV Group
χ2 (df = 4)
No Abuse Controlling Behavior Only Physical Abuse Sexual Coercion Physical Abuse and Sexual Coercion
Sex-related attitudes and personality factors: M (SD)
 Nonmonogamy attitudes 334 1.93a (.95) 1.99b (1.12) 2.16 (.94) 2.11 (1.04) 2.42a,b (.86) 10.02*
 Sexual sensation seeking 334 1.26a,b (.69) 1.45c (.61) 1.43d (.70) 1.69a (.70) 1.77b,c,d (.86) 22.54***
Non-relationship-specific sexual behaviors
 Lifetime sex partners: M (SD) 318 8.60a (13.53) 10.63b (19.03) 10.98c (15.83) 5.08a,b,c,d (6.80) 17.15a,b,c,d (28.83) 32.20***
 STI diagnosis ever: n (%) 334 6 (6%) 2 (3%)a 7 (11%) 1 (3%)b 9 (16%)a,b 10.09*
 Transactional sex ever: n (%) 334 10 (9%)a,b 12 (18%) 15 (23%)a 7 (18%) 15 (26%)b 9.81*
Relationship-specific sexual behaviors: n (%)
 Sexual partner concurrence 301 20 (21%)a 13 (21%)b 19 (34%) 10 (29%) 25 (46%)a,b 12.80*
 Often or always uses a condom 301 39 (42%)a 32 (52%)b 20 (35%) 13 (37%) 13 (24%)a,b 10.20*
 Discussed sexual history 333 78 (73%) 57 (85%) 50 (77%) 31 (82%) 46 (82%) 4.52
 Agreed to STI testing 334 40 (37%) 26 (39%) 27 (42%) 16 (42%) 27 (47%) 1.68
 Agreed to be monogamous 334 77 (72%) 56 (84%) 51 (78%) 33 (87%) 45 (79%) 5.39
 Discussed whether partner is on birth control 334 81 (76%) 51 (76%) 45 (69%) 33 (87%) 44 (77%) 4.38

Results of generalized linear model (GLM) testing.

*

p < .05;

***

p < .001; shared subscripts in a row denote IPV subgroups that differ significantly from one another at p < .05.