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- Title: Childhood Sexual Experiences and Adult Health Sequelae Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Defining Childhood Sexual Abuse (Report)
- Author : The Journal of Sex Research
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 240 KB
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In the United States, gay and bisexual men continue to carry the burden of new HIV infections (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2003). Studies using opportunistic samples have shown that childhood sexual abuse significantly predicts negative health outcomes such as risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as mental health outcomes, including depression, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse among adults (Briere, Evans, Runtz, & Wall, 1988; Briere & Zaidi, 1989; Browne & Finkelhor, 1986; Dhaliwal, Gauzas, Antonowicz, & Ross, 1996; Holmes, 1997; Holmes & Slap, 1998; Koenig, Doll, O'Leary, & Peguegnat, 2003; Lenderking et al., 1997; Miller, 1999; Molnar, Berkman, & Buka, 2001; Remafedi, Farrow, & Deisher, 1991). Although most childhood sexual abuse research has focused on women, the research on childhood sexual abuse among men shows that the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse is higher among gay and bisexual men than heterosexual men (Jinich & Slap, 1998; Laumann, Gagnon, Michaels, & Michael, 1993; Paul, Catania, Pollack, & Stall, 2001), approximating that of women according to some studies (Doll et al., 1992; Finkelhor & Dziuba-Leatherman, 1994; Jinich et al., 1998). The recognition of high rates of childhood sexual abuse among gay men and indications that experiences of childhood sexual abuse may vary by gender has led to a growing interest in how childhood sexual abuse affects health outcomes of gay men. Results of research on the consequences of childhood sexual abuse among women often are generalized to men, despite conflicting findings regarding gender differences (Dhaliwal et al., 1996; Rind, Tromovitch, & Bauserman, 1998; Stanley, Bartholomew, & Oram, 2004). A study of differences based on a symptom checklist among men and women who had experienced childhood sexual abuse found no statistically significant differences between men and women in psychological sypmtomatology, whereas both genders compared with nonabused individuals had significantly more problems with depression and anxiety (Briere et al., 1988). Some studies that do find differences, however, report that men are more likely to externalize behavior aggression, but women are more likely to internalize behavior depression (Briere, 1988; Finkelhor, Hotaling, Lewis, & Smith, 1990). Further, a meta-analysis of studies of college students revealed that among those who reported childhood sexual abuse, men reacted much less negatively than women (Rind et al., 1998). The variations in findings between women and men suggest that childhood sexual abuse sequelae may be more homogeneous for women than for men. Whereas women experience overwhelmingly experience negative psychological outcomes resulting from childhood sexual abuse, men show greater variability in their responses to childhood sexual abuse.
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