Emotional, behavioral, and HIV risks associated with sexual abuse among adult homosexual and bisexual men

Exploring the Mental Health of Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

“…The reported prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among MSM in general has ranged from 11 to 37% (Doll et al 1992;Bartholow et al 1994;Lenderking et al 1997;Jinich et al 1998;Paul et al 2001;Traden et al 1999;Kalichman et al 2004), and a study conducted in Minneapolis/St. Paul found a 20% prevalence rate among African-Americans (Brennan et al 2007); however, the African-American sample size was too small to conduct meaningful significance tests.…”

Childhood sexual abuse and sexual risk behavior among men and women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic.

“…This omission is important because adults seeking care for a STD are at disproportionately higher risk of contracting HIV (Weinstock, Dale, Linley, & Gwinn, 2002); in addition, among male STD clinic patients, CSA rates are higher than what is found for the general population (Bartholow et al, 1994;DiIorio et al, 2002;Doll et al, 1992), making it especially important to study CSA in this population.…”

“…That is, empirical research has linked CSA with each of these proposed mediators, including alcohol (e.g., Bartholow et al, 1994;DiIorio, Hartwell, & Hansen, 2002) and drug use (e.g., Kalichman et al, 2004;Nagy, DiClemente, & Adcock, 1995), substance use before sex (e.g., Lodico & DiClemente, 1994), partner violence (e.g., Cohen et al, 2000;Wingood & DiClemente, 1997), and mental health problems (e.g., Epstein, Saunders, Kilpatrick, & Resnick, 1998;Nagy et al, 1995). Further, each of these proposed mediators have been associated with risky sexual behavior; thus, there is evidence of the substance use-risky sex link [e.g., Fortenberry (1995), George & Stoner (2000), Leigh & Stall (1993)], the link between partner violence and risky sex [e.g., Bauer et al (2002), GarciaMoreno, Jansen, Ellsberg, Heise, & Watts (2005), Gilbert, El-Bassel, Schiling, Wada, & Bennet (2000), Testa, VanZile-Tamsen, & Livingston (2005)], and for the depression-risky sex link [e.g., Hallfors, Waller, Bauer, Ford, & Halpern (2005), Hutton, Lyketos, Zenilman, Thompson, & Erbelding (2004)].…”

Men's Pathways to Risky Sexual Behavior: Role of Co-Occurring Childhood Sexual Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression Histories

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Further study of this sexual risk-taking group may ascertain variables that mediate and/or moderate the relationship between CSA and sexual risk behavior.…”