An Innovative, Prospective Model to Understand Risk and Protective Factors for Sexual Assault Experiences and Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Men

一种创新的前瞻性模型，用于了解性少数男性遭受性侵犯的经历和结果的风险和保护因素

• 批准号: 10522197
• 负责人: Katie M Edwards
• 金额: $ 80.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-22 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10522197
• 关键词: Acquaintances; Address; Adult; Age; Alcohol abuse; Black race; Child Sexual Abuse; Communities; Conflict (Psychology); Development; Discrimination; Distal; Ensure; Ethnic Origin; Etiology; Forcible intercourse; Friends; Gender; Gender Identity; Gender Role; Geography; Heavy Drinking; Heterosexuals; Individual; Intervention; Latinx; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer; Masculine; Measures; Methodology; Minority; Modeling; National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; Outcome; Participant; Pathway interactions; Population; Predictive Factor; Prevention; Prevention program; Primary Prevention; Public Health; Race; Reaction; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Research Priority; Risk; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction; Role; Sampling; Scientific Advances and Accomplishments; Self Efficacy; Sex Orientation; Social Identification; Stress; Surveys; Testing; Time; Victimization; Woman; Work; adverse outcome; base; binge drinking; cisgender; design; ethnic diversity; experience; gender diversity; health disparity; help-seeking behavior; homonegativity; improve minority health; innovation; intersectionality; men; minority stress; outcome prediction; perpetrators; programs; prospective; protective factors; psychological distress; racial diversity; recruit; revictimization; sexual assault; sexual coercion; sexual minority; sexual minority men; sexually active; social; theories; transgender men; transmasculine; young adult

Project Summary Nearly half of sexual minority (SM) men experience adult sexual assault (ASA) victimization (e.g., sexual coercion, rape) in their lifetime, and as many as 30% of SM men report lifetime ASA perpetration. Rates of ASA victimization and perpetration among SM men are alarmingly high even when measured over short periods of time. However, little research has examined risk and protective factors for ASA victimization or perpetration among SM men. Research that does exist is mostly cross-sectional or focuses on sexual IPV rather than ASA across a broad range of perpetrator–victim relationships (e.g., acquaintance, established partner). The lack of research on ASA among SM men precludes researchers and practitioners from developing risk reduction and prevention programming specifically for this population. There is also a dearth of research on factors that predict outcomes associated with ASA victimization among SM men, information that is sorely needed to create affirming interventions for SM men who experience ASA victimization. The purpose of the proposed study is to utilize a longitudinal, prospective design to test three innovative models that include established (e.g., child sexual abuse, heavy episodic drinking), as well as population-specific (e.g., internalized homonegativity, LGBTQ+ sense of community), risk and protective factors to predict experiences of ASA perpetration among SM men (Aim 1); experiences of ASA victimization among SM men (Aim 2); and adverse Exploratory analyses will examine how latent classes that capture multiple intersecting marginalized social identities (i.e., sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, gender identity) and experiences of minority-related stress, act as predictors and moderators in the hypothesized models (Aim 4). outcomes among SM men who experience an ASA victimization (Aim 3). We focus on young adult SM men (ages 18 to 30) given that rates of ASA are highest among this population and primary prevention of ASA is of paramount importance. We will also include SM men regardless of their relationship status since ASA can occur in various types of relationships (e.g., serious relationship, friends with benefits, acquaintances) and less commonly among strangers. The methodology includes recruiting a geographically and racially diverse sample of SM men (N = 3,600) via To ensure racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in our sample for the purpose of addressing intersectionality (Aim 4), we will oversample Black and/or Latinx SM men as well as trans and transmasculine men. Participants (N = 3600) will complete online surveys at 0-, 6-, 12-, 18, and 24- months. various online platforms and community-based agencies across the U.S. This proposed project aligns with NIMHD’s research priorities to advance the scientific understanding of health disparities and improve minority health. Moreover, the proposed project will provide critically important information that will inform the immediate development of affirming and culturally grounded prevention programs (to reduce ASA perpetration), risk reduction programs (to reduce ASA victimization), and intervention initiatives (to reduce adverse outcomes associated with ASA victimization).

项目摘要 近一半的性少数群体（SM）男人经历了成人性侵犯（ASA）胜利（例如，性侵犯 强迫，强奸）在他们的一生中，多达30％的SM男性报告了终生的ASA实施。率 ASA胜利和SM男性的持续性也令人震惊 一段时间。但是，很少的研究检查了ASA胜利或 SM男人之间的犯罪。确实存在的研究主要是横断面或专注于性IPV 而不是在广泛的肇事者 - 维克蒂姆关系中而不是ASA（例如，获取，已建立 伙伴）。在SM中缺乏对ASA的研究无法使研究人员和从业人员无法 专门为该人群开发降低风险和预防计划。也有死亡 研究预测与ASA胜利相关的结果的因素的研究，信息 迫切需要为经历ASA胜利的SM男人创造影响干预措施。目的 拟议的研究是利用纵向，前瞻性设计来测试三种创新模型，其中包括 建立（例如，儿童性虐待，大量的情节饮酒）以及特定人群（例如，内部化 同性恋，LGBTQ+社区意识），预测ASA体验的风险和保护因素 SM男子的持续性（AIM 1）； ASA在SM男子中胜利的经历（AIM 2）；和对手 探索性分析将检查 如何捕获多个与边缘化的社会身份相交的潜在类别（即性取向，种族， 种族，性别认同）和与少数群体相关压力的经历，充当预测因素和主持人 假设的模型（AIM 4）。 经历ASA胜利的SM男人的成果（AIM 3）。 鉴于ASA的比率是 在该人群中最高的和对ASA的主要预防至关重要。我们还将包括 无论他们的关系状况如何 认真的关系，有利益的朋友，收购），而在陌生人中却不太常见。 方法包括通过地理和大致不同的SM男性样本（n = 3,600） 确保种族，种族和性别 为了解决交叉性的目的，我们的样本中的多样性（AIM 4），我们将过度采样黑色和/或 Latinx SM的男人以及跨性别的男人。参与者（n = 3600）将完成在线调查 在0-、6、12、18和24个月。 美国各地的各种在线平台和社区机构 该拟议项目与NIMHD的研究重点保持一致，以促进 科学理解健康差异并改善少数民族健康。此外，拟议的项目将 提供至关重要的信息，这些信息将为肯定和文化的立即发展提供信息 扎根预防计划（减少ASA实施），降低风险计划（减少ASA 胜利）和干预计划（减少与ASA胜利相关的不利结果）。