Sexual Risk Behaviors and Substance Use Among Men Sexually Victimized by Women

To investigate whether forced sex of men by women was associated with sexual risk behaviors, and whether this association was mediated by substance use. Data from US men aged 18 years or older at interview in the National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2010 (n = 8108) who reported sexual behavior hist...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2016-07, Vol.106 (7), p.1263-1269
Main Authors: Cook, Mekeila C, Morisky, Donald E, Williams, John K, Ford, Chandra L, Gee, Gilbert C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Age
AJPH Research
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Cocaine
Condoms
Condoms - statistics & numerical data
Crime Victims
Drug use
Gender
HIV/AIDS
Humans
Intersectionality
Investigations
Legal arguments
Male
Men's Health
Mens health
Public health
Rape
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Sex crimes
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
STD
Studies
Substance Use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Vagina
Victimization
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:To investigate whether forced sex of men by women was associated with sexual risk behaviors, and whether this association was mediated by substance use. Data from US men aged 18 years or older at interview in the National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2010 (n = 8108) who reported sexual behavior history. Outcome variables were condom use at most recent sex and number of lifetime sexual partners. Sexual activity covariates included age at first consensual sex and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Alcohol and drug use were the mediating factors. Six percent of men reported forced sex by a woman at a mean age of 18 years. On average, victimized men had 3 more lifetime sexual partners than nonvictimized men (P 
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303136