Gwadz Marya Viorst, Clatts Michael C, Yi Huso, Leonard Noelle R, Goldsamt Lloyd, Lankenau Steve
Institute for AIDS Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010. E-mail:
Sex Res Social Policy. 2006 Mar;3(1):13-21. doi: 10.1525/srsp.2006.3.1.13.
This article describes a study of resilience among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Resilience is defined as positive adaptation in the context of hardship. Using targeted sampling to capture the diversity and range of this hidden population, we recruited 569 YMSM ages 17-28 years old and examined a subset of 134 YMSM who had experienced severe childhood adversity, as indicated by placement in foster care. Most of the YMSM in this subset were from racial or ethnic minority backgrounds and fewer than half identified as gay or homosexual (46.3 percent). More than half (58.3 percent) exhibited positive outcomes on four of seven indicators of adaptive functioning. YMSM who identified as either bisexual or heterosexual exhibited lower rates of resilience. Structural- as well as individual-level factors appear to be implicated in resilience among YMSM. Findings underscore the importance of fostering stable sexual identity as a means of building resilience.
本文描述了一项针对男男性行为青少年（YMSM）复原力的研究。复原力被定义为在困境中积极适应的能力。通过有针对性的抽样来捕捉这一隐藏人群的多样性和范围，我们招募了569名年龄在17至28岁之间的男男性行为青少年，并对其中134名有过严重童年逆境经历（以寄养情况为指标）的男男性行为青少年进行了研究。该子集中的大多数男男性行为青少年来自少数种族或族裔背景，不到一半的人认定自己为同性恋（46.3%）。超过一半（58.3%）的人在适应性功能的七个指标中的四个上表现出积极结果。认定为双性恋或异性恋的男男性行为青少年表现出的复原力较低。结构层面以及个体层面的因素似乎都与男男性行为青少年的复原力有关。研究结果强调了培养稳定的性身份认同作为增强复原力手段的重要性。
