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. 2021 Jul 5;18(13):7179. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137179

Table 1.

First Person Independent and Dependent Variables Correlation Matrix.

Variable M SD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Health Literacy 4.92 1.63
2. STI Know a 8.17 1.63 0.38 ***
3. Percep of STI Know 5.40 1.07 0.13 * 0.20 ** 0.86 d
4. Percep of Support 3.77 0.65 0.71 ** 0.50 0.22 0.71
5. Disclose Parents 3.78 0.80 0.28 ** 0.21 * 0.18 0.09 0.61
6. Disclose Monog b 2.86 1.07 −0.46 −0.64 −0.37 0.00 −0.19 0.81
7. Disclose Casual 3.17 0.92 −0.04 0.05 0.18 0.45 0.55 ** −0.29 0.76
8. Shame and Stigma 2.57 0.76 −0.16 *** −0.17 * −0.14 * −0.73 ** −0.06 0.88 ** −0.00 0.90
9. SS c Disclose Parents 3.40 1.04 −0.06 −0.00 −0.09 −0.57 * 0.20 * 0.81 * 0.07 0.50 *** 0.92
10. SS Disclose Monog 3.28 0.90 −0.07 −0.04 −0.03 −0.53 0.20 * 0.48 0.31 * 0.48 *** 0.51 *** 0.91
11. SS Disclose Casual 3.43 0.90 −0.01 −0.02 −0.12 −0.47 0.21 * 0.71 0.06 0.43 *** 0.53 *** 0.60 *** 0.91
12. Comm STI—Parent 2.80 1.12 −0.01 0.08 0.26 *** 0.24 −0.18 −0.25 0.03 −0.16 *** −0.32 *** −0.07 −0.09 * 0.94
13. Comm STI—Partner 3.09 0.84 0.04 0.13 * 0.22 *** −0.04 0.21 * 0.65 0.02 −0.21 *** −0.09 −0.14 ** −0.08 0.34 *** 0.90

a Knowledge; b Monogamous Partner; c Shame and Stigma; d Diagonal bold is Cronbach’s Alpha, Health literacy and STI knowledge are actual measures of knowledge, correct responses summed, and do not have reliability measures; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.