A Dyadic Analysis Exploring the Mediating Role of Relationship Quality on Discrimination and HIV/STI Risk Among Young Black and Latino Expecting Couples.

Autor: Lanier Y; Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, US. yzette.lanier@nyu.edu., Cornelius T; Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, US., Morillo C; School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, US., Lavarin C; School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, US., Brawner BM; M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, US., Kershaw T; School of Public Health, Yale University , New Haven, US.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIDS and behavior [AIDS Behav] 2023 Apr; Vol. 27 (4), pp. 1269-1276. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 26.
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03863-7
Abstrakt: Encounters with discrimination are a normative experience for many Black and Latino adolescents and young adults (AYAs); these experiences may be even more common for expecting AYAs. While the harmful effects of discriminatory experiences on mental and physical health have been well explored, relatively little is known regarding the impact of discrimination on relationship quality and sexual health-specifically HIV/STI risk.Using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model, we examined both actor and partner effects of discrimination on relationship quality and willingness to be non-monogamous in a sample of 259 pregnant adolescent and young adult couples. There was a significant indirect actor effect, such that one's own discrimination was associated with a decrease in their own relationship quality which, in turn, was associated with their own greater willingness to be non-monogamous. The partner effect for the association of one's partner's discrimination on one's own relationship quality was not significant. Findings highlight the need for more attention to the implications of discrimination on relational and sexual health.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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