Table 2.
Correlations Among Minority Stress and Outcome Variables
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
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| 1. | Internalized Homonegativity (BL) | -- | ||||||||||
| 2. | Gay-Related Rejection Sensitivity (BL) | 0.07 | -- | |||||||||
| 3. | Internalized HIV Stigma (BL) | 0.41*** | 0.27*** | -- | ||||||||
| 4. | HIV-Related Rejection Sensitivity (BL) | 0.07 | 0.19* | 0.45*** | -- | |||||||
| 5. | Emotion Dysregulation (6M) | 0.35*** | 0.08 | 0.40*** | 0.22** | -- | ||||||
| 6. | Anxiety (6M) | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.18* | 0.21* | 0.58*** | -- | |||||
| 7. | Depression (6M) | 0.23** | 0.06 | 0.22** | 0.27*** | 0.57*** | 0.80*** | -- | ||||
| 8. | Sexual Compulsivity (6M) | 0.31*** | 0.15 | 0.34*** | 0.17* | 0.44*** | 0.21* | 0.22** | -- | |||
| 9. | Problematic Hypersexuality (6M) | 0.37*** | 0.14 | 0.38*** | 0.20* | 0.51*** | 0.29*** | 0.32*** | 0.77*** | -- | ||
| 10. | Condomless Anal Sex Acts (6M) | −0.01 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.10 | −0.07 | −0.14 | 0.17* | 0.15 | -- | |
| 11. | Serodiscordant Condomless Anal Sex Acts (6M) | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.17* | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.68*** | -- |
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| M | 1.65 | 13.93 | 27.04 | 1.89 | 76.74 | 0.60 | 0.85 | 21.46 | 11.43 | 8.29 | 4.59 | |
| SD | 0.75 | 8.19 | 8.32 | 0.78 | 24.74 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 7.27 | 6.12 | 14.25 | 12.33 | |
| Cronbach's α | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.89 | -- | -- | |
Note: All correlations are Pearson’s r with the exception of those with sexual behavior variables (9 and 10) for which Spearman’s ρ is utilized due to the non-parametric nature of the count data (all correlations with sexual behavior are based on n = 136). BL = baseline. 6M = 6-month follow-up.