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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2017 Jun 23;28(6):877–887. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2017.06.012

Table 2.

Social Aversive Sex Motives Domain by Risk Categories

Peer Pressure Motives
M (SD)
Partner Approval Motives
M (SD)
Demographic Variables

Younger Girls (n = 353) 0.09 (0.49) 0.72 (1.82)
Older Girls (n = 382) 0.22 (0.74) 0.98 (2.27)
t-test −2.84** −1.59

Non-Black (n = 224) 0.09 (0.49) 0.90 (2.12)
Black (n = 511) 0.19 (0.67) 0.84 (2.04)
t-test −2.29** 0.35

Reproductive Health Variables

Never Pregnant (n = 543) 0.19 (0.68) 0.86 (2.12)
Ever Pregnant (n = 192) 0.06 (0.37) 0.87 (1.92)
t-test 2.55** −0.03

No Child (n = 663) 0.17 (0.65) 0.86 (2.08)
At Least One Child (n = 72) 0.03 (0.17) 0.88 (1.99)
t-test 4.43*** −0.06

No STI (n = 449) 0.18 (0.65) 0.82 (2.01)
STI (n = 286) 0.12 (0.58) 0.93 (2.15)
t-test 1.17 −0.68

Mental Health Variables

Not Depressed (n = 607) 0.13 (0.52) 0.61 (1.55)
Depressed (n = 128) 0.30 (0.95) 2.06 (3.40)
t-test −1.98** 4.71***

No Drug Use (n = 401) 0.14 (0.64) 0.76 (1.93)
Drug Use (n=334) 0.17 (0.60) 0.99 (1.97)
t-test −0.81 −1.61

No Alcohol Use (n = 499) 0.12 (0.52) 0.71 (1.89)
Alcohol Use (n = 286) 0.23 (0.8) 1.21 (2.39)
t-test −1.96 −2.82**

Note. STI = sexually transmitted infection;

**

p < .05;

***

p < .001.