ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012
Sexual compulsivity, co-occurring psychosocial health problems, and HIV risk among gay and bisexual men: further evidence of a syndemic.
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184 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Running with Scissors: a Systematic Review of Substance Use and the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Care Continuum Among Sexual Minority Men.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Pooled it
- Critical Review: When the Party is Over: A Systematic Review of Behavioral Interventions for Substance-Using Men Who Have Sex with Men.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Pooled it
- Equality in sexual health promotion: a systematic review of effective interventions for black and minority ethnic men who have sex with men.BMC public health · 2016Pooled it
- Syndemics of psychosocial problems and HIV risk: A systematic review of empirical tests of the disease interaction concept.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2015Pooled it
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- Intimate partner violence, depression, and sexual behaviour among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the PROUD trial.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- High HIV risk and syndemic burden regardless of referral source among MSM screening for a PrEP demonstration project in Toronto, Canada.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- A Pilot Trial of a Sexual Health Counseling Intervention for HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men Who Report Anal Sex without Condoms.PloS one · 2016Trial
- Pilot randomized controlled trial of an integrative intervention with methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Trial
- Prospective predictors of unprotected anal intercourse among HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men initiating antiretroviral therapy.AIDS and behavior · 2014Trial
- Incidence and risk factors ofBMJ open · 2026Article
- Frequency of lab HIV and self-reported STI history and its predictors among a sexually compulsive clinical sample: a cross-sectional study.Sexual medicine · 2025Article
- For Whom Is Sexual Abuse Related to Compulsive Sexual Behaviors? Timing of Abuse and Sociodemographic Characteristics as Potential Moderators Across 42 Countries.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Collective efficacy: A protective factor for sexual minority men during the U.S. mpox outbreak.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Childhood Sexual Abuse and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Newly Diagnosed with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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- Syndemic Conditions and Their Association with HIV/STI Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women and Cisgender Men Sex Workers in Catalonia: The SexCohort Project.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Sexual Compulsivity Mediates the Association Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Condom Use Resistance Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and the Sexual Health of Sexual Minority Men.LGBT health · 2023Article
- Psychosocial Risk Pathways from Childhood Sexual Abuse to Intimate Partner Violence among Sexual Minority Men: A Test of the Psychological Mediation Framework of Minority Stress.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated whether sexual compulsivity fits into a syndemic framework, in which sexual compulsivity is one of a number of co-occurring psychosocial health problems that increase HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM).
methodsIn 2003 and 2004, we conducted an anonymous cross-sectional survey of MSM in New York City (n = 669) by approaching attendees at gay, lesbian, and bisexual community events. We analyzed data by bivariate and multivariate logistic regression.
resultsWe found strong positive interrelationships among syndemic factors including sexual compulsivity, depression, childhood sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and polydrug use. In bivariate analyses, all syndemic health problems except for childhood sexual abuse were positively related to HIV seropositivity and high-risk sexual behavior. Our multivariate models revealed an array of interrelationships among psychosocial health problems. We found amplified effects of these problems on HIV seropositivity and on the likelihood of engaging in high-risk sexual behavior.
conclusionsOur findings support the conclusion that sexual compulsivity is a component of a syndemic framework for HIV risk among MSM. HIV prevention interventions should consider the overlapping and compounding effects of psychosocial problems, including sexual compulsivity.
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