Past Bullying Victimization Experiences and Current Sexual Risk Taking among Emerging Adults.

Autor: Provenzano DA; Department of Psychology, University of Windsor., Boroughs MS; Department of Psychology, University of Windsor.; The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of sex research [J Sex Res] 2022 Jul; Vol. 59 (6), pp. 749-757. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 14.
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2021.2005761
Abstrakt: A growing body of research suggests that a history of bullying victimization is a risk factor for sexual risk taking (e.g., unprotected sex, multiple sexual partners, using drugs or alcohol before or during sex). However, previous studies that have examined the association between bullying victimization and sexual risk taking used only single, or very few, items to measure sexual risk taking. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to use a more comprehensive, psychometrically validated self-report measure to better capture the construct of sexual risk taking as an outcome linked with a history of bullying victimization ( N = 650; 336 women, 314 men; M age  = 20.07, SD  = 1.70). Negative binomial regression analyses provided support for hypotheses. Emerging adults with a history of bullying victimization were more likely to engage in various sexual risk behaviors such as casual sex, risky sex acts, impulsive sexual behaviors, intent to have risky sexual behaviors, risky anal sex acts, and overall sexual risk taking compared to emerging adults without a history of bullying victimization. These results may have implications for informing interventions to help emerging adults better manage past bullying experiences.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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