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ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2018

The Interaction of Sexual Validation, Criminal Justice Involvement, and Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk Among Adolescent and Young Adult Males.

Pamela A Matson, Vivian Towe, Jonathan M Ellen, Shang-En Chung, Susan G Sherman

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Article in Sexually transmitted diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors.

Pamela A Matson
Vivian Towe
Jonathan M Ellen
Shang-En Chung
Susan G Sherman

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard E. Chaisson · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
Gender Norms and Partner Selection: HIV/STI Risk Among urban YouthR01HD057789 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SHERMAN, SUSAN G. · 2009 to 2013
$2.2M
The Social Context of Adolescent Marijuana Use: A Systems ApproachK01DA035387 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MATSON, PAMELA A · 2014 to 2018
$923k
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057789NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA035387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYoung men who have been involved with the criminal justice system are more likely to have concurrent sexual partners, a key driver of sexually transmitted infections. The value men place on having sexual relationships to validate themselves may play an important role in understanding this association.

methodsData were from a household survey. Young men (N = 132), aged 16 to 24 years, self-reported whether they ever spent time in jail or juvenile detention and if they had sexual partnerships that overlapped in time. A novel scale, "Validation through Sex and Sexual Relationships" (VTSSR) assessed the importance young men place on sex and sexual relationships (α = 0.91). Weighted logistic regression accounted for the sampling design.

resultsThe mean (SD) VTSSR score was 23.7 (8.8) with no differences by race. Both criminal justice involvement (CJI) (odds ratio [OR], 3.69; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.12-12.1) and sexual validation (OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.04-1.16) were associated with an increased odds of concurrency; however, CJI did not remain associated with concurrency in the fully adjusted model. There was effect modification, CJI was associated with concurrency among those who scored high on sexual validation (OR, 9.18; 95% CI, 1.73-48.6]; however, there was no association among those who scored low on sexual validation. Racial differences were observed between CJI and concurrency, but not between sexual validation and concurrency.

conclusionsSexual validation may be an important driver of concurrency for men who have been involved with the criminal justice system. Study findings have important implications on how sexual validation may explain racial differences in rates of concurrency.

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AdolescentCriminal LawHumansLogistic ModelsMalePrisonsRisk FactorsSelf ReportSexual BehaviorSexually Transmitted DiseasesSexual PartnersUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMID29420448
PMCPMC5808580

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