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ArticleJournal of interpersonal violence2023

Targeted Violence as a Risk Factor for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Cisgender Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who have Sex with Men in the United States.

John Mark Wiginton, Sarah M Murray, Stefan D Baral, Travis H Sanchez

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Article in Journal of interpersonal violence, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Comparison of Sexual Violence Perpetration Rates Among Gay, Lesbian and Heterosexual Cisgender Adults.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

John Mark WigintonUniversity of California-San Diego, La Jolla, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9358-7899
Sarah M MurrayJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4976-9713
Stefan D BaralJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Travis H SanchezEmory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USEmory University · USSan Diego State University · US

Funding

Training Program in Substance Use, HIV and Related InfectionsT32DA023356 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Natasha Martin, Steffanie A Strathdee · 2007 to 2026
$7.8M
Integrating the Visualization and Use of Stigma Data to Maximize the Impact of the Ending the HIV Epidemic InitiativeR01MH132150 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Stefan David Baral · 2022 to 2026
$5.1M
Characterizing the role of social, behavioral, and economic stigmas as determinants of HIV and mental health across the USR01NR020437 · NINR · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARAL, STEFAN DAVID · 2021 to 2025
$3.9M
Validation of Stigma Metrics for Marginalized Men R01MH110358 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARAL, STEFAN DAVID · 2017 to 2021
$3.6M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA023356NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110358NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH132150NINR NIH HHS R01 NR020437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in the United States (US) are disproportionately exposed to interpersonal violence, which carries a high conditional risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and which is often motivated by sexual prejudice. We determined PTSD prevalence by violence attribution (motivated by sexual prejudice or not) and measured PTSD-attribution associations. Using a 2020 nationwide cross-sectional survey of 2,886 GBMSM who reported ever experiencing interpersonal violence, we performed multivariable modified Poisson regressions with robust variance estimators to examine differences in prevalence of current PTSD by how participants attributed the violence (occurring due to one's same-sex practices, not occurring due to one's same-sex practices, or being unsure if it occurred due to one's same-sex practices). Model results are reported as adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Median age was 27 years; 78.8% of participants identified as gay, and 62.2% were non-Hispanic White. Violence was attributed to same-sex practices by 45.8% of participants; 46.3% did not make this attribution, and 7.0% were unsure (0.9% preferred not to answer). Overall, 23.0% screened positive for PTSD, and PTSD prevalence was greater for those who attributed violence to same-sex practices (25.9% [342/1,321]; aPR = 1.55, 95% CI [1.34, 1.79]) and those who were unsure (33.5% [68/203]; aPR = 1.80, 95% CI [1.44, 2.25]) compared to those who did not make the attribution (18.1% [242/1,335]). Age modified this association, with participants 15 to 19 years old who made the attribution being significantly more likely to have PTSD relative to 20+ participants who also made the attribution. In addition to violence-prevention and stigma-mitigation efforts, interventions targeting attribution styles may be useful for violence-exposed GBMSM, especially teenagers.

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HIV InfectionsSexual and Gender MinoritiesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleRisk FactorsSexual BehaviorUnited StatesViolenceYoung Adultand other men who have sex with menattributionbisexualgayinterpersonal violenceposttraumatic stress disordersexual prejudice

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PMID37118946
PMCPMC10527206
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