Research Article
Temperament, Context and Sexual Risk among College Students
Table 2
Mean and standard deviations for major study variables.
| | | | Women | Men |
| Temperament constructs | | | | | Arousal | 141 | 260.3 (25.0) | 263.2 (24.5) | 250.4 (24.6)* | Affect | 145 | 141.8 (19.2) | 142.2 (17.5) | 140.6 (24.2) | Attention | 144 | 141.3 (15.0) | 140.5 (14.3) | 143.9 (16.9) |
| Context risk scores | | | | | Risky sexual context score | 152 | 10.5 (5.2) | 9.9 (4.8) | 12.4 (6.0)* | Safer sexual context score | 152 | 3.5 (3.1) | 2.6 (2.0) | 6.4 (4.3)* |
| Actual risky sexual behaviors | | | | | Age of first vaginal sex | 114 | 16.9 (1.8) | 16.9 (1.7) | 16.9 (1.9) | Total number of vaginal sex partners | 114 | 5.6 (5.3) | 5.5 (5.3) | 5.9 (5.5) | Age of first oral sex | 127 | 16.6 (2.1) | 16.7 (1.4) | 16.2 (3.3) | Total number of oral sex partners | 127 | 4.8 (5.0) | 4.6 (4.8) | 5.4 (5.5) | Age of first anal sex | 35 | 18.5 (1.5) | 18.4 (1.2) | 18.8 (2.3) | Total number of anal sex partners | 35 | 1 (1.4) | 1.4 (0.8) | 1.0 (0) |
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