Department of Psychology, 5924Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
14772The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2023 Feb;38(3-4):3321-3343. doi: 10.1177/08862605221106145. Epub 2022 Jun 2.
Although sexual minority men experience elevated rates of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and equal or greater rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization compared to heterosexual individuals, little research has examined mechanisms linking these forms of victimization in this high-need population. We examined general (i.e., emotion regulation difficulties) and sexual minority specific (i.e., internalized homophobia) mediational pathways between CSA and IPV victimization in a longitudinal sample of 940 sexual minority men. Path analyses revealed significant associations between CSA and internalized homophobia, between internalized homophobia and emotion regulation difficulties, and between emotion regulation difficulties and IPV victimization. No indirect effects of CSA on IPV via general or minority specific pathways were observed. Findings suggest that minority stress specific (i.e., internalized homophobia) and general psychological risk factors (i.e., emotion regulation difficulties) co-occur and may function along independent pathways to link CSA to IPV revictimization. Future work is needed to investigate how mitigation of these modifiable pathways may be targeted to inform violence prevention interventions for sexual minority men.
虽然性少数群体男性经历儿童性虐待 (CSA) 的比例高于异性恋个体，且亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 受害率相等或更高，但很少有研究探讨这些形式的受害与这一高需求人群之间的联系机制。我们在一个由 940 名性少数男性组成的纵向样本中，考察了 CSA 与 IPV 受害之间的一般（即情绪调节困难）和性少数特定（即内化恐同）中介途径。路径分析显示 CSA 与内化恐同、内化恐同与情绪调节困难以及情绪调节困难与 IPV 受害之间存在显著关联。在一般或特定少数群体途径中，未观察到 CSA 对 IPV 的间接影响。研究结果表明，少数群体压力特有的（即内化恐同）和一般心理风险因素（即情绪调节困难）同时发生，并可能通过独立途径发挥作用，将 CSA 与 IPV 再次受害联系起来。需要进一步研究如何减轻这些可改变的途径，以便为性少数男性提供暴力预防干预措施。
