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| Abstract #2064 - Boystown - MSM I | ||||
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Session: 15.3: Boystown - MSM I (Symposium) on Wednesday @ 14.30-16.00 in C104 Chaired by Udi Davidovich, Kenneth Mayer Authors: Presenting Author: Dr Rob Stephension - University of Michigan, United States |
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| Aim: It is only recently that of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its known adverse health effects have been recognized as prevalent among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). In this study we examine the associations between the reporting of IPV and the experience of internal and external stressors (racism and homophobia) and the extent to which both IPV and stressors shape sexual risk taking. | ||||
| Method / Issue: We examined the correlates of IPV among MSM using a venue-recruited sample (n=1,053) from Atlanta, US. We examine the factors associated with the self-report of experiencing and perpetrating IPV, the associations between stressors and IPV, and the associations between stressors, IPV and self-reported sexual risk taking. | ||||
| Results / Comments: Overall, 48.2% of respondents indicated that they had experienced at least one form of IPV in the past year from a male partner, including reports of emotional IPV (28.3%), physical/sexual IPV (23.6%), and monitoring IPV (21.6%). Similarly, perpetration of emotional IPV was the most commonly reported form of IPV perpetration (18.4%), followed by monitoring IPV (17.5%) and physical/sexual IPV (13.3%). Approximately one in three respondents indicated that they had perpetrated IPV against one of their male partners in the past 12 months (33.6%). Over half the sample (55.1%) reported unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) at last sex. In logistic regression, men who reported more experiences of minority stress (racist discrimination, homophobic discrimination, and internalized homophobia) were significantly (p<0.05) more likely to report both perpetration and receipt of multiple forms of IPV (physical/sexual, controlling, monitoring, emotional, and HIV-related). Likewise, men who reported receipt or perpetration of IPV were significantly more likely to report unprotected anal intercourse at last anal sex. | ||||
| Discussion: These findings suggest an IPV framework for MSM in which minority stressors are associated with IPV, which in turn may modify sexual risk-taking and risk for HIV/STIs. The results point to the need for interventions that address the primary and secondary prevention of IPV among MSM, for whom there currently exists no IPV interventions. | ||||
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