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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2011 May 23;38(5):530–540. doi: 10.1177/1090198110385775

Table 2.

Results of Measurement Model for Normative Beliefs and Normative Pressure Scale, and Efficacy Beliefs and Self Efficacy Item

Descriptive and Injunctive Normative Beliefs Independent Variable:
Sex Content Exposure
Independent Variable:
Underlying Normative Beliefs
Independent Variable:
Normative Belief Index
Dependent Variable:
Underlying Normative Beliefs
Dependent Variable:
Belief Index
Dependent Variable:
Direct Measure Pressure Scale
(A) Parameters (B) Parameters (C) Parameter

Females my age have had sexual intercourse .11 .04 .48
Female friends have had sexual intercourse .15 .40 R2 = .23
Males my age have had sexual intercourse .18 .21
Male friends have had sexual intercourse .26 .26
Parents think I should have sexual intercourse −.05 .03
Best friend thinks I should have sexual intercourse −.01 .77
Sex partner thinks I should have sexual intercourse .06 .29
Brother thinks I should have sexual intercourse −.01 .03
Sister thinks I should have sexual intercourse −.03 −.04
Grandmother thinks I should have sexual intercourse −.06 .16
Barriers to Having Sexual Intercourse Independent Variable:
Sex Content Exposure
Independent Variable:
Barriers
Independent Variable:
Barriers Index

Dependent Variable:
Barriers
Dependent Variable:
Barriers Index
Dependent Variable:
Direct Measure Self-efficacy Item
(A) Parameters (B) Parameters (C) Parameter

No regular sex partner −.03 .67 .40
No place to be alone −.01 .06 R2 = .16
No condoms or birth control available .04 .36
Parents would be mad .04 .52
Drinking or using drugs .12 −.09
You were lonely or depressed .13 .31
Having sexual intercourse goes against your religious beliefs .−.08 .18

Goodness of fit indices: χ2 = 1069, df = 22, p < .05, CFI = .10, RMSEA = .32, N= 460. Bold, italic coefficients are discernable from zero at .05 or less.

Goodness of fit indices: χ2 = 2260, df = 46, p < .05, CFI = .11, RMSEA = .32, N = 460. Bold, italic coefficients are discernable from zero at .05 or less.