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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 5.

Self-Focused Aversive Motives Domain by Risk Categories

Coping Motives
M(SD)
Self-Affirmation Motives
M(SD)
Demographic Variables

Younger Girls (n = 353) 1.16 (2.17) 0.98 (2.07)
Older Girls (n = 382) 1.15 (1.97) 0.98 (2.03)
t-test 0.05 0.01

Non-Black (n = 224) 0.95 (1.78) 1.13 (2.34)
Black (n = 511) 1.25 (2.18) 0.91 (1.91)
t-test −1.94** 1.20

Reproductive Health Variables

Never Pregnant (n = 543) 1.18 (2.14) 0.99 (2.02)
Ever Pregnant (n = 192) 1.10 (1.85) 0.95 (2.13)
t-test 0.45 0.23

No Child (n = 663) 1.15 (2.08) 0.98 (2.05)
At Least One Child (n = 72) 1.21 (1.96) 0.96 (2.05)
t-test −0.22 0.08

No STI (n = 449) 1.14 (2.06) 0.97 (1.96)
STI (n = 286) 1.19 (2.09) 0.99 (2.19)
t-test −0.29 −0.13

Mental Health Variables

Not Depressed (n = 607) 0.95 (1.84) 0.76 (1.69)
Depressed (n = 128) 2.15 (2.72) 2.00 (3.07)
t-test −4.76*** −4.43***

No Drug Use (n = 401) 0.97 (1.95) 0.82 (1.82)
Drug Use (n = 334) 1.38 (2.18) 1.17 (2.28)
t-test −2.63** −2.22**

No Alcohol Use (n = 499) 0.95 (1.8) 0.76 (1.73)
Alcohol Use (n = 286) 1.62 (2.52) 1.46 (2.57)
t-test −3.59** −3.72**

Note. STI = sexually transmitted infection;

**

p < .05,

***

p < .001.