Table 3.
Responses to Minimal Risk Assessment (MRA) and item and scale descriptives (N = 73)
| More comfortable N (%) |
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable N (%) |
More uncomfortable N (%) |
M (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informational risk | ||||
| Having someone find and read your private blog or diary who was not supposed to see it | 34 (46.6) | 8 (11.0) | 31 (42.5) | 1.95 (.95) |
| If your school counselor or psychotherapist was asking the same questions | 32 (43.8) | 24 (32.9) | 17 (23.3) | 1.78 (.80) |
| If your regular doctor was asking the same questions | 29 (39.7) | 29 (39.7) | 15 (20.6) | 1.80 (.76) |
| Minimal risk research and everyday events | ||||
| Having a sore throat | 38 (52.8) | 24 (33.3) | 10 (13.9) | 1.59 (.70) |
| Getting a flu shot | 36 (49.3) | 27 (37.0) | 10 (13.7) | 1.62 (.70) |
| Getting weighed at the doctor’s office | 35 (47.9) | 23 (31.5) | 15 (20.6) | 1.77 (.77) |
| Getting a physical from your doctor | 34 (46.6) | 29 (39.7) | 10 (13.7) | 1.65 (.69) |
| Having a researcher sit in your classroom and watch what you and the other students are doing | 32 (43.8) | 31 (42.5) | 10 (13.7) | 1.73 (.69) |
| A doctor taking a blood sample | 27 (37.0) | 32 (43.8) | 14 (19.2) | 1.80 (.72) |
| Spitting into a small bottle so researchers could test your saliva | 23 (31.9) | 33 (45.8) | 16 (22.2) | 1.88 (.72) |
| Taking a test in a health class | 23 (31.5) | 43 (58.9) | 7 (9.6) | 1.82 (.58) |
| SGM identity and sexual health | ||||
| Coming out to a parent or guardian | 51 (70.8) | 8 (11.1) | 13 (18.1) | 1.50 (.80) |
| Talking about sex with your parents or guardians | 47 (64.4) | 11 (15.1) | 15 (20.5) | 1.58 (.81) |
| Coming out to a friend | 40 (55.6) | 27 (37.5) | 5 (6.9) | 1.49 (.60) |
| Going to a store to buy sex-related products (like condoms or lube) | 39 (53.4) | 26 (35.6) | 8 (11.0) | 1.58 (.66) |
| 11-item scale score | -- | -- | -- | 19.37 (4.81) |
| 15-item scale score | -- | -- | -- | 25.45 (6.12) |
Note. One participant did not complete this scale. Means reflect the extent to which completing the baseline survey was “more comfortable” (1), “about the same” (2), or “more uncomfortable” (3) than the events listed.