Exploring Factors Associated with Nonchange in Condom Use Behavior following Participation in an STI/HIV Prevention Intervention for African-American Adolescent Females

Table 1

Group differences in sociodemographic, life history, and psychosocial characteristics assessed at baseline assessment (𝑁=205).

Study variables	Nonchange group (𝑛=89)	Change group (𝑛=116)	Test statistic	𝑃
Sociodemographic
Age^b	18.01 (1.66)	17.83 (1.59)	0.77	.44
Neighborhood quality^b	0.51 (.79)	0.63 (.95)	−0.98	.32
Family aid index^b	0.82 (.98)	0.76 (.88)	0.47	.64
Currently attending school^a	52 (58.4)	77 (66.4)	1.37	.24
Life history
Ever tried alcohol^a	77 (86.5)	96 (82.8)	0.54	.46
Ever tried marijuana^a	79 (88.8)	91 (78.4)	3.79	.05
History of sexual abuse^a	24 (27.0)	26 (22.4)	0.57	.45
History of physical abuse^a	52 (58.4)	48 (41.4)	5.86	.02
Current boyfriend^a	84 (94.4)	101 (87.1)	3.06	.08
Positive laboratory confirmed STI^a	16 (18.0)	21 (18.1)	.001	.98
Psychosocial factors
Sexual sensation seeking^b	18.35 (3.72)	16.78 (3.77)	2.96	.003
Self-esteem^b	33.06 (5.36)	33.63 (5.02)	−0.79	.43
Locus of control^b	7.28 (2.45)	7.32 (2.39)	−0.11	.91
Depressive symptomatology^b	16.33 (6.57)	16.79 (7.43)	−0.46	.65
Social support^b	34.53 (7.11)	34.68 (7.45)	−0.15	.88
Peer norms^b	20.99 (4.72)	20.15 (5.02)	1.21	.23

Note: ^afrequency (%) presented, and test statistic is chi-square; ^bmean (SD) presented, and test statistic is 𝑡-test.