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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 4.

Self-Focused Motive Domain by Risk Category

Enhanced Motives
M (SD)
Demographic Variables

Younger Girls (n = 353) 5.47 (3.13)
Older Girls (n = 382) 4.48 (2.98)
t-test 4.38***

Non-Black (n = 224) 5.46 (3.2)
Black (n = 511) 4.73 (3.02)
t-test 2.93**

Reproductive Health Variables

Never Pregnant (n = 543) 4.84 (3.03)
Ever Pregnant (n = 192) 5.27 (3.24)
t-test −1.60

No Child (n = 663) 4.93 (3.11)
At Least One Child (n = 72) 5.19 (2.88)
t-test −0.70

No STI (n = 449) 4.83 (3.06)
STI (n = 286) 5.14 (3.14)
t-test −1.33

Mental Health Variables

Not Depressed (n = 607) 4.91 (3.04)
Depressed (n = 128) 5.15 (3.33)
t-test −0.78

No Drug Use (n = 401) 4.56 (3.03)
Drug Use (n = 334) 5.43 (3.10)
t-test −4.09***

No Alcohol Use (n = 499) 4.72 (3.05)
Alcohol Use (n = 286) 5.48 (3.12)
t-test −3.11**

Note. STI = sexually transmitted infection;

**

p < .05,

***

p < .001.