TY - JOUR
T1 - Dyadic Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence Among Male Couples in Three U.S. Cities
AU - Suarez, Nicolas A.
AU - Mimiaga, Matthew J.
AU - Garofalo, Robert
AU - Brown, Emily
AU - Bratcher, Anna Marie
AU - Wimbly, Taylor
AU - Hidalgo, Marco A.
AU - Hoehnle, Samuel
AU - Thai, Jennie
AU - Kahle, Erin
AU - Sullivan, Patrick S.
AU - Stephenson, Rob
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01HD075655 (mPIs: Garofalo, Mimiaga, and Stephenson). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent and pressing public health concern that affects people of all gender and sexual identities. Though studies have identified that male couples may experience IPV at rates as high as or higher than women in heterosexual partnerships, the body of literature addressing this population is still nascent. This study recruited 160 male–male couples in Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago to independently complete individual surveys measuring demographic information, partner violence experience and perpetration, and individual and relationship characteristics that may shape the experience of violence. Forty-six percent of respondents reported experiencing IPV in the past year. Internalized homophobia significantly increased the risk for reporting experiencing, perpetrating, or both for any type of IPV. This study is the first to independently gather data on IPV from both members of male dyads and indicates an association between internalized homophobia and risk for IPV among male couples. The results highlight the unique experiences of IPV in male–male couples and call for further research and programmatic attention to address the exorbitant levels of IPV experienced within some of these partnerships.
AB - Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent and pressing public health concern that affects people of all gender and sexual identities. Though studies have identified that male couples may experience IPV at rates as high as or higher than women in heterosexual partnerships, the body of literature addressing this population is still nascent. This study recruited 160 male–male couples in Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago to independently complete individual surveys measuring demographic information, partner violence experience and perpetration, and individual and relationship characteristics that may shape the experience of violence. Forty-six percent of respondents reported experiencing IPV in the past year. Internalized homophobia significantly increased the risk for reporting experiencing, perpetrating, or both for any type of IPV. This study is the first to independently gather data on IPV from both members of male dyads and indicates an association between internalized homophobia and risk for IPV among male couples. The results highlight the unique experiences of IPV in male–male couples and call for further research and programmatic attention to address the exorbitant levels of IPV experienced within some of these partnerships.
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - internalized homophobia
KW - men who have sex with men
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U2 - 10.1177/1557988318774243
DO - 10.1177/1557988318774243
M3 - Article
C2 - 29749299
AN - SCOPUS:85048952074
SN - 1557-9883
VL - 12
SP - 1039
EP - 1047
JO - American Journal of Men's Health
JF - American Journal of Men's Health
IS - 4
ER -
