Table 3.

Socio-demographic, attitudinal, and sexually explicit online media (SEOM) consumption characteristics of 1,170 men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States by PI-SEOM subscales.

		Subscale 1: Self				Subscale 2: Other MSM
	Total	Subscale 1a		Subscale 1b		Subscale 2a		Subscale 2b
	N = 1,170	Perceived influence of SEOM on general sexual scripts		Perceived influence of SEOM on condomless sex scripts		Perceived influence of SEOM on general sexual scripts		Perceived influence of SEOM on condomless sex scripts

Socio-demographics	n (%)	m (SD)	d	m (SD)	d	m (SD)	d	m (SD)	d
Recruitment source			0.29^**		0.14		0.31^***		0.27^***
Men-seeking-men websites	596 (51)	2.4 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.8 (0.7)		2.4 (0.8)
Other	574 (49)	2.6 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		3.0 (0.6)		2.6 (0.7)
Race/Ethnicity^†			--		--		0.08		--
White	821 (70)	2.5 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
Black/African American	146 (13)	2.4 (0.8)		1.9 (0.7)		2.8 (0.7)		2.5 (0.9)
Latino/Hispanic	102 (9)	2.6 (0.8)		1.9 (0.7)		3.0 (0.7)		2.6 (0.7)
Other	99 (9)	2.5 (0.8)		2.0 (0.7)		3.0 (0.7)		2.4 (0.7)
Age (in years)^†			0.16^***		--		0.19^***		0.16^***
18-29	524 (45)	2.6 (0.8)		1.9 (0.7)		3.1 (0.6)		2.6 (0.7)
30-39	148 (12)	2.5 (0.8)		2.0 (0.7)		2.8 (0.7)		2.4 (0.8)
40-49	220 (19)	2.4 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.8 (0.7)		2.4 (0.7)
50+	278 (24)	2.4 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.8 (0.6)		2.4 (0.7)
Education			--		0.14^**		--		0.14^*
< Associate degree	437 (38)	2.5 (0.8)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.7)		2.6 (0.7)
≥ Associate degree	728 (62)	2.5 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
Housing			0.27^***		0.14		0.15^*		0.14^***
Own or rent domicile	896 (74)	2.4 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
Other	272 (23)	2.6 (0.8)		2.0 (0.7)		3.0 (0.7)		2.6 (0.7)
Urban residence			0.12		--		--		0.13
Yes	1,050 (90)	2.5 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
No	120 (10)	2.4 (0.9)		2.0 (0.8)		2.9 (0.7)		2.6 (0.8)
Gay sexual orientation			--		0.15		--		--
Yes	1,043 (89)	2.5 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
No	112 (11)	2.5 (0.7)		1.9 (0.6)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.8)
“Out” to almost everyone or everyone			0.14^*		0.14		--		--
Yes	640 (55)	2.4 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.8)
No	525 (45)	2.5 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.7)		2.5 (0.7)
Has a primary partner			0.29^***		0.14		--		0.29^*
Yes	494 (43)	2.4 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.9 (0.7)		2.4 (0.7)
No	663 (57)	2.6 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.6 (0.7)

HIV-serostatus			0.29^***		0.29^*		0.46^***		0.27^***
HIV-seronegative/unknown	995 (85)	2.5 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		3.0 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
HIV-seropositive	175 (15)	2.3 (0.7)		2.1 (0.7)		2.7 (0.7)		2.3 (0.8)

High levels of negative condom use attitudes			0.29^***		1.13^***		0.17		0.43^***

Yes	169 (15)	2.7 (0.7)		2.6 (0.8)		3.0 (0.6)		2.8 (0.7)
No	976 (85)	2.5 (0.7)		1.8 (0.6)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)

Preferences for condom use in SEOM^†			0.04		0.34^***		--		--

Prefers condoms are used	236 (21)	2.5 (0.7)		1.7 (0.6)		2.9 (0.7)		2.5 (0.8)
Prefers condoms are not used	384 (33)	2.6 (0.7)		2.3 (0.8)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
No preference	533 (46)	2.5 (0.7)		1.9 (0.6)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)

% of SEOM viewed containing C₀AI^†			0.05		0.32^***		--		0.08^*

0-24%	398 (34)	2.5 (0.7)		1.7 (0.6)		2.9 (0.7)		2.4 (0.8)
25-49%	222 (19)	2.5 (0.8)		2.0 (0.6)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
50-74%	388 (33)	2.4 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.6 (0.7)
75-100%	141 (12)	2.6 (0.8)		2.4 (0.9)		2.9 (0.7)		2.6 (0.8)

Frequency of SEOM consumption

≥ 1 viewing per day			0.15^**		0.14^***		--		--
Yes	661 (57)	2.5 (0.7)		2.0 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.8)
No	503 (43)	2.4 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)
> 30 minutes of viewing per session on average			--		0.13^***		--		--
Yes	479 (41)	2.5 (0.7)		2.0 (0.8)		2.9 (0.7)		2.5 (0.8)
No	683 (59)	2.5 (0.7)		1.9 (0.7)		2.9 (0.6)		2.5 (0.7)

Note. C₀AI = condomless anal intercourse; SEOM = sexually explicit online media; m = mean; SD = standard deviation; d = Cohen's d

^***

p < 0.001

^**

p < 0.01

p < 0.05

^†

effect size calculated using Cohen's f.