Intimate Partner Violence, Minority Stress, and Sexual Risk-Taking Among US MSM.
Abstract This paper examines the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among a national sample of internet-recruited U.S. MSM (n = 1,575), and examines associations between reporting of IPV, minority stress, and sexual risk-taking. Five outcomes are examined: experiences of physical and sexual violence, perpetration of physical and sexual violence, and unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) at last sexual encounter. MSM who reported experiencing more homophobic discrimination and internalized homophobia were more likely to report experiences of IPV. The results point to the need for prevention messages to address the external and internal stressors that influence both violence and sexual risk among MSM.
a Hubert Department of Global Health , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory , Georgia , Georgia , USA.
Catherine
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Finneran
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Stephenson