Exploratory Sub-group Analyses
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Next, we explored whether the effect of self-affirmation on condom use or HIV testing depended on the specific kind of proud moment that participants discussed. The results showed few systematic differences (see Appendix S4). The only significant effect was that participants who discussed taking care of family for the self-affirmation exercise were less likely to leave any condoms in the bowl among the total population and two different comparison groups (those who discussed an experience that made them feel proud compared to the rest of the participants, and those who discussed a particular experience that made them feel proud compared to those who discussed being proud of something else).Finally, we found no evidence that people in the self-affirmation condition who spent longer talking about a proud moment (and thus may have been “more self-affirmed”) responded differently on the measures of condom use or HIV testing than participants who spoke for shorter amounts of time, or participants who were not self-affirmed. These results were not significantly moderated by the self-efficacy-information manipulation (see Appendix S5). In addition, we find that the results are not driven by the fact that some FSWs might have already taken an HIV test recently (Appendix S6), or because registered FSWs might have better access to condoms and tests (Appendix S7).