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Published in final edited form as: Comput Human Behav. 2016 Dec 30;70:119–130. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.082

Table 2.

Correlations between Text Message Communication about Sex, Borderline Personality Features, and Sexual Behaviors in Adolescents

	Study Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1.	Hypothetical Sex Talk Grade 10
2.	Actual Sex Talk Grade 10	.76^**
3.	Borderline Features Grade 10	.19^*	.12
4.	Borderline Features Age 18	.34^**	.22^**	.44^**
5.	Early Sexual Debut ^a	.24^**	.18^*	.29^**	.28^**
6.	Ever Had Sex ^a	.18^*	.15	.33^**	.35^**	.49^**
7.	Multiple Sex Partners Age 18	.63^**	.63^**	.03	.27^**	.33^**	.28^**
8.	Alcohol and Sex Age 18	.08	.14	.06	.14	.25^**	.27^**	.29^**
9.	Drugs and Sex Age 18	.28^**	.34^**	.01	.28^**	.38^**	.23^**	.56^**	.51^**
10.	Inconsistent Birth Control Age 18	.10	.09	.09	.28^**	.11	.46^**	.07	.12	.11
11.	Inconsistent Condom Use Age 18	.14	.05	.30^**	.30^**	.24^**	.38^**	.08	.09	.24^**	.36^**

M		15.61	4.25	1.97	2.30	.26	.59	1.44	1.40	1.23	2.01	1.74
SD		40.09	10.50	2.14	2.44	.44	.49	4.29	.74	.69	1.62	1.36

Note:

p < .05;

^**

p. < .01.

Mean value is proportion of participants coded as “1” indicating endorsement of specified sexual