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Sexual Compulsivity and Sexual Risk in Gay and Bisexual Men
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Much of our understanding of the association between the Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS) and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) has been limited to samples of HIV positive MSM only. Using data from a community-based survey of gay and bisexual men (n = 1214), this analysis sought to further evaluate the association between the SCS and sexual risk behavior. The SCS was significantly associated with a variety of sexual risk behaviors, including having sex under the influence of club drugs, engaging in unprotected anal sex (receptive or insertive) with partners of the same and/or different HIV serostatus, identity as a barebacker, intentions to have bareback sex, number of recent sex partners, and temptation for unsafe sex. The SCS was also significantly associated with having engaged in a variety of specialized sexual behaviors (i.e., fetishes), many of which can increase HIV transmission risks. Finally, in multivariate analyses, the SCS significantly predicted unprotected sex with a non-main partner even when controlling for race, HIV serostatus, age, identity as a barebacker, and club drug use. These data indicate that the SCS may be able to serve as an indicator to detect HIV-associated sexual risk behavior in community-based samples of gay and bisexual men.
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“Finally, although no official diagnostic criteria for sexual compulsivity existed at the time of our study, we used the Sexual Compulsivity Scale (α = 0.90), the most widely published measure of sexual compulsivity among MSM.45 Consistent with existing literature,17,25,46–49 we defined scores of 24 and above as indicating sexual compulsivity (mean = 17.50; SD = 6.56; range = 10–40).”
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“Researchers have demonstrated individual connections between sexual compulsivity and many of the psychosocial problems that have also been identified as syndemic factors related to HIV risk among MSM, such as childhood sexual abuse, depression, and substance use.17,24–26”
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“Another factor that has frequently been associated with HIV sexual risk behaviors among MSM is sexual compulsivity.”
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- Authors
- Grov, C., Parsons, J. T., & Bimbi, D. S.
- Affiliations
- City University of New York (US)
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- LaGuardia Community College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Parsons, Jeffrey T.
- Venue
- Archives of Sexual Behavior
- Published
- 2009-03-24
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 940-949
- ISSN
- 0004-0002 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2800
- PMC
- PMC2890042
- OpenAlex
- W2038407502
- Cited by
- 185
- References
- 70
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- FWCI
- 7.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Archives of Sexual Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5t32da007233-40)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32DA007233, T32DA07233)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Keywords
- compulsive sexual behavior, sexual risk behavior, men who have sex with men, gay men, bisexual men, unprotected anal intercourse, barebacking, club drug use, HIV risk factors, sexual fetishes, HIV status
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Bisexuality, Compulsive Behavior, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk-Taking, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Partners, HIV Infections, Multivariate Analysis, Logistic Models, Homosexuality, Male, Substance-Related Disorders, Safe Sex, Racial Groups, Young Adult
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