Table 5.
Descriptive statistics, T-Test parameters and effect sizes (Cohen’s d) of the comparison of SDI-2 scores between heterosexual and same-sex attracted individuals by gender/sex
| SDI-2 score | M (SD) | t | df | Cohen’s d | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterosexual | Same-sex attracted | |||||
| Men | ||||||
| Total | 71.05 (17.35) | 74.44 (16.02) | 4.19*** | 907.38 | 0.20 | [0.10, 0.30] |
| Dyadic-P | 38.56 (9.74) | 38.17 (9.73) | − 0.81 | 849.24 | − 0.04 | [− 0.14, 0.06] |
| Dyadic-A | 10.43 (3.71) | 10.78 (3.55) | 2.01* | 879.95 | 0.10 | [0.00, 0.19] |
| Solitary | 17.62 (7.51) | 20.84 (6.50) | 9.63*** | 963.31 | 0.44 | [0.34, 0.54] |
| Women | ||||||
| Total | 61.42 (19.19) | 65.23 (20.57) | 5.47*** | 1604.8 | 0.20 | [0.13, 0.26] |
| Dyadic-P | 36.05 (10.59) | 35.59 (11.63) | − 1.18 | 1578.3 | − 0.04 | [− 0.11, 0.02] |
| Dyadic-A | 8.04 (3.97) | 8.37 (4.04) | 2.42* | 1667.0 | 0.08 | [0.02, 0.15] |
| Solitary | 14.07 (8.76) | 17.67 (8.29) | 12.51*** | 1763.9 | 0.42 | [0.35, 0.48] |
SDI-2 = Sexual Desire Inventory-2 (Spector et al., 1996). Means, standard deviations, and Welch t-tests for independent samples are based on the comparisons between N = 524 same-sex attracted and N = 1815 heterosexual men, and between N = 1076 same-sex attracted and N = 4067 heterosexual women. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001