2.4. Data analyses We examined the associations among sensation seeking, alcohol-sex outcome expectancies, drinking in the context of sex, and HIV risk by testing the path model shown in Fig. 1. The model presented here was guided by previous research conducted in the US (e.g., Kalichman & Cain, 2004) and tested in an independent cross-sectional sample of STI clinic patients in Cape Town South Africa (Kalichman et al., 2006). The model included baseline measures of sensation seeking and alcohol outcome expectancies, and baseline as well as follow-up measures of alcohol use in sexual contexts and the HIV risk composite. The model also included participant gender (coded 0 =men and 1 =women), marital status (coded 0 =married, 1 = unmarried), and the AUDIT index for quantity and frequency of alcohol use with paths drawn to all other variables. In addition, we included the counseling condition that participants received as an exogenous variable with paths