Table 1.
Results of Measurement Model for Behavioral Beliefs and Attitude Scale
Outcome Expectancies | Independent Variable: Sex Content Exposure |
Independent Variable: Outcome Expectancies |
Independent Variable: Belief Index |
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Dependent Variable: Outcome Expectancies |
Dependent Variable: Belief Index |
Dependent Variable: Direct Measure Attitude Scale |
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If I have sexual intercourse in the next 12 months, it would… | (A) Parameters | (B) Parameters | (C) Parameter |
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Make me feel that someone had taken advantage of me | −.07 | .23 | .51 |
Make me feel good about myself | −.06 | .45 | R2 = .27 |
Give me HIV/AIDS | −.002 | .23 | |
Hurt my relationship with my partner | .11 | .24 | |
Increase quality of relationship | .01 | .23 | |
Increase feelings of intimacy between me and my partner | −.09 | −.01 | |
Give me pleasure | .02 | .72 | |
Make my parents mad | .06 | .07 | |
Please my partner | .03 | .15 | |
Get me or partner pregnant | −.01 | .07 | |
Gain the respect of my friends | −.03 | .04 | |
Make my friends think badly of me | .15 | .18 |
Goodness of fit indices: χ2 = 1607, df = 67, p < .05, CFI = .16, RMSEA = .22, N = 460. Bold, italic coefficients are discernable from zero at .05 or less.