Life Chaos and Perceived Social Support Among Methamphetamine-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men Engaging in Transactional Sexual Encounters
| Autor: | Beatrice J. Selwyn, Johnny M Wilkerson, Humsini Viswanath, Ellen D. Breckenridge |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adult
Male Health (social science) Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Amphetamine-Related Disorders Ethnic group Medicine (miscellaneous) Transactional sex Computer-assisted web interviewing Article Methamphetamine Developmental psychology Men who have sex with men Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Social support Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Transactional leadership medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Homosexuality Homosexuality Male media_common 030505 public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support medicine.disease Substance abuse Psychiatry and Mental health Perception 0305 other medical science Psychology Stress Psychological |
| Zdroj: | Substance Use & Misuse. 52:100-107 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2491 1082-6084 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10826084.2016.1222620 |
| Popis: | Social support and life chaos have been inversely associated with increased risk of HIV infection. The purpose of this study was to explore among a sample of HIV-negative methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM) the association between engaging in transactional sex, life chaos, and low social support.HIV-negative methamphetamine-using MSM completed an online questionnaire between July and October 2012 about recent substance use and sexual behavior. Bivariate and multivariate tests were used to obtain statistically significant associations between demographic characteristics, engaging in transactional sex, life chaos, and the participants' perception of their social support.Of the 325 participants, 23.7% reported engaging in transactional sex, 45.2% reported high life chaos, and 53.5% reported low perceived social support. Participants who engaged in transactional sex were more likely to have high life chaos than participants who did not (aOR = 1.70, 95% CI = [1.01, 2.84]); transactional sex was not associated with social support. Participants with high life chaos were more out about their sexual orientation (aOR = 2.29, 95% CI = [1.18, 4.42]) and more likely to perceive they had low social support (aOR = 3.78, 95% CI = [2.31, 6.22]) than participants with low life chaos. Non-Latinos perceived they had less social support than Latinos (aOR = 0.48, 95% CI = [0.25, 0.92]).Methamphetamine-using MSM engaging in transactional sex experience more life chaos than those who do not engage in transactional sex. Outness, perceived social support, and ethnicity are associated with life chaos. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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