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. 2021 Feb 2;16(2):e0246350. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246350

Table 1. Bivariate relations of the different variables and descriptive statistics.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Pearson r [95% CI]
1. SOI-R Behavior
2. SOI-R Attitude .45 [.39,.50]
3. SOI-R Desire .28 [.22,.34] .45 [.40,.50]
4. LTMO –.13 [–.19,–.06] –.35 [-.41, -.30] –.13 [–.19,–.06]
5. Age .19 [.13,.26] .12 [.06,.19] .16 [.10,.22] .02 [–.04,.09]
Cohen’s d [95% CI]
6. Men –0.10 [–0.24, 0.03] –0.07 [–0.20, 0.07] 0.35 [0.22, 0.49] 0.18 [0.04, 0.31] 0.05 [–0.08, 0.19] Pearson r [95% CI]
7. Heterosexual –0.23 [–0.38, –0.09] –0.25 [–0.39, –0.11] –0.15 [–0.29, –0.01] 0.16 [0.02, 0.30] 0.13 [–0.01, 0.27] .01 [–.06,.07]
8. Apps used 0.83 [0.66, 1.00] 0.52 [0.35, 0.68] 0.50 [0.33, 0.66] –0.11 [–0.27, 0.06] 0.30 [0.14, 0.46] .08 [.02,.15] –.20 [-.26, -.14]
Mean 6.31 18.7 13.11 35.75 20.34 .37 .68 .20
Standard deviation 4.64 6.65 5.49 9.20 2.05 .48 .47 .40

Notes: SOI-R = Sociosexual Orientation Inventory-Revised; LTMO = Long Term Mating Orientation Scale; CI = confidence interval; Men = dummy variable where women = 0 and men = 1; Heterosexual = dummy variable where sexual minority = 0 and heterosexual = 1; Apps used = dummy variable indicating whether any dating app was used in the three months prior to participating in the study. Bold values correspond to statistically significant associations (p < .05)