Table 7. T Tests for Means and Standard Deviations of the Five Sexual Conversation Topics Separated for Boys and Girls.
| Topics | Boys (n = 212) |
Girls (n = 255) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low SDS (n = 89) |
High SDS (n = 121) |
t (208) | Low SDS (n = 149) |
High SDS (n = 106) |
t (253) | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Thoughts/fantasies about sex | 2.13 | 1.09 | 2.64 | 1.45 | −2.86*,* | 2.08 | 1.09 | 2.16 | 1.34 | −0.51 |
| Love and relationships | 3.24 | 1.36 | 3.27 | 1.20 | −0.21 | 4.32 | 1.21 | 4.03 | 1.38 | 1.76 |
| Masturbation | 1.76 | 1.00 | 2.56 | 1.39 | −4.84*,*,* | 1.60 | 1.05 | 1.76 | 1.23 | −1.12 |
| Contraceptive use | 2.19 | 1.15 | 2.45 | 1.26 | −1.51 | 2.91 | 1.27 | 2.80 | 1.55 | 0.61 |
| Sexual problems and worries | 1.63 | 0.92 | 2.14 | 1.36 | −3.25*,* | 2.14 | 1.24 | 2.26 | 1.40 | −0.74 |
Note. Higher scores indicate that a topic was discussed more often. Scores range from 0 to 5. Scoring Low or High on SDS Endorsement.
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.