Racial and sexual identities as potential buffers to risky sexual behavior for Black gay and bisexual emerging adult men.

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 841-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ja'Nina J. Walker ◽  
Buffie Longmire-Avital ◽  
Sarit Golub
2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Kashubeck-West ◽  
Dawn M. Szymanski

This study investigated risky sexual behavior in a sample of 209 gay and bisexual men. Using structural equation modeling, the mediating relations of substance use factors (expectations about the sexually enhancing effects of substance use and substance use during sex) between internalized heterosexism (IH) and sensation seeking and unprotected anal intercourse were examined. Expectations that substance use would enhance sexual activity mediated the relationship between IH and risky sexual behavior. Both substance use factors mediated the relationship of sensation seeking to risky sexual behavior. Greater sensation seeking was associated with greater expectations about the sexually enhancing effects of substances, which in turn was associated with greater unprotected anal intercourse. Unexpectedly, less sensation seeking was related to more substance use during sex, which in turn was associated with more risky sexual behavior. Overall, the variables in the model accounted for 66% of the variance in sexual behavior.


Author(s):  
Dustin K. Shepler ◽  
Kevin P. Johnson ◽  
Alicia A. Width

New cases of HIV/AIDS are disproportionately diagnosed among men who identify as lesbian, gay, and bisexual and Black. Reasons for this disparity may be related to differences in knowledge of how HIV/AIDS is transmitted and differences in willingness to engage in risky sexual behaviors. In this study, we examined whether differences in knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and engagement in risky sexual behaviors differed among men and women; lesbian, gay, and bisexual and heterosexual people; and White and Black people. Findings indicate knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission was not related to sexual orientation or gender; however, White participants had higher scores on a measure of knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission than Black participants. While neither gender nor race seemed to be related to differences in engaging in risky sexual behavior, differences in what types of risky sexual behavior people participated in existed based on sexual orientation. Implications for prevention efforts are addressed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Grov ◽  
Sabina Hirshfield ◽  
Robert H. Remien ◽  
Mike Humberstone ◽  
Mary Ann Chiasson

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Carol Miller ◽  
Paul Robert Appleby ◽  
John L. Christensen ◽  
Stacy Marsella ◽  
Mei Si ◽  
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