Examination of the Relationship between Psychosocial Mediators and Intervention Effects in It’s Your Game: An Effective HIV/STI/Pregnancy Prevention Intervention for Middle School Students
Table 2
Study descriptives of analysis sample at baseline.
Measure
Overall ()
Intervention ()
Control ()
Mean (SE) or %
Mean (SE) or %
Mean (SE) or %
Demographics
Mean age
12.4 (0.59)
12.5 (0.61)
12.4 (0.58)
% female
62.4%
64.9%
60.9%
African American
39.7%
43.5%
37.3%
Hispanic
46.6%
46.8%
46.6%
Other
13.7%
9.7%
16.1%
Psychosocial mediators
Sexual beliefs
3.19 (0.63)
3.15 (0.61)
3.22 (0.63)
Beliefs about abstinence
2.88 (0.71)
2.86 (0.73)
2.90 (0.70)
Perceived friends’ beliefs about sex
2.64 (0.73)
2.57 (0.78)
2.68 (0.70)
Perceived friends’ behavior
1.19 (0.66)
1.20 (0.68)
1.19 (0.65)
Refusal self-efficacy (to have sex or engage in precoital behaviors)
3.19 (0.75)
3.17 (0.76)
3.20 (0.74)
Condom knowledge
1.63 (1.02)
1.69 (1.01)
1.59 (1.03)
Perceived norms about condoms
3.24 (0.69)
3.21 (0.72)
3.26 (0.67)
Condom self-efficacy
2.27 (0.43)
2.28 (0.43)
2.26 (0.43)
Exposure to risky situations
0.44 (0.50)
0.44 (0.52)
0.44 (0.48)
HIV/STI knowledge
0.56 (0.30)
0.57 (0.31)
0.55 (0.30)
Reasons for not having sex+
4.85 (2.58)
4.58 (2.66)
5.01 (2.52)
+Score represents the total number of items endorsed.
