Research Article

Temperament, Context and Sexual Risk among College Students

Table 2

Mean and standard deviations for major study variables.

Women Men

Temperament constructs
 Arousal141260.3 (25.0)263.2 (24.5)250.4 (24.6)*
 Affect145141.8 (19.2)142.2 (17.5)140.6 (24.2)
 Attention144141.3 (15.0)140.5 (14.3)143.9 (16.9)

Context risk scores
 Risky sexual context score15210.5 (5.2)9.9 (4.8)12.4 (6.0)*
 Safer sexual context score1523.5 (3.1)2.6 (2.0)6.4 (4.3)*

Actual risky sexual behaviors
 Age of first vaginal sex11416.9 (1.8)16.9 (1.7)16.9 (1.9)
 Total number of vaginal sex partners1145.6 (5.3)5.5 (5.3)5.9 (5.5)
 Age of first oral sex12716.6 (2.1)16.7 (1.4)16.2 (3.3)
 Total number of oral sex partners1274.8 (5.0)4.6 (4.8)5.4 (5.5)
 Age of first anal sex3518.5 (1.5)18.4 (1.2)18.8 (2.3)
 Total number of anal sex partners351 (1.4)1.4 (0.8)1.0 (0)

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