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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2016 Jun 7;62:73–78. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.06.006

Table 2. Effects of Each Type of Abuse on Risky Sexual Behavior through Rejection Sensitivity.

Emotional Physical Sexual



B(SE) p B(SE) p B(SE) p
Outcome: WNTQ
 Intercept 25.03 (1.57) <.001 26.57 (1.49) <.001 26.47 (1.46) <.001
 Victimization .33 (.10) .004 .25 (.11) .030 .23 (.10) .019
 Gender (cov.) .12 (1.28) .923 -.60 (1.28) .638 -.02 (1.29) .988
Outcome: RSB
 Intercept 4.58 (1.00) <.001 4.77 (1.00) <.001 4.99 (1.00) <.001
 Victimization .14 (.05) .002 .14 (.05) .007 .10 (.04) .026
 WNTQ .06 (.03) .037 .07 (.03) .017 .07 (.03) .016
 Gender (cov.) 1.78 (.57) .002 1.46 (.57) .011 1.72 (.58) .004
Direct effect 95% CI [LL, UL] .14 (.05) [.055, .235] .002 .14 (05) [.039, .240] .007 .10 (.04) [.012, .189] .026
Indirect effect* 95% CI [LL, UL] .02 (.01) [.002,.050] .02 (.01) [.002, .042] .02 (.01) [.003, .042]

Note. WNTQ = Williams' Need Threat Questionnaire; RSB = Risky Sexual Behavior; cov. = covariate; LL = lower limit; UL = upper limit

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Significant indirect effects are evidenced by confidence intervals (CI) that do not include “0”