Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Health-Related Outcomes among a National Sample of Sexual Minority Men

• In Event: Beyond Victimization and Discrimination: Resilience, Help-Seeking, Well-being, and Joy among LGBTQ+ People

Abstract

Much work on intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization takes a risk-based approach and often overlooks sexual minority (SM) men as well as population-specific protective factors (e.g., sense of LGBTQIAS2+ Pride). The current study aims to address this gap by examining strength-based factors that may buffer the impact of recent IPV victimization on mental health problems in a national sample of SM men. Data are from Wave 1 of the Strong, Thriving, and Resilient Men (STAR-M) project, which includes a large sample (N=3129) that is diverse in terms of racial/ethnic (i.e., Asian/Asian American, Black, Indigenous, and white non-Latine), gender (e.g., cisgender, trans*, two-spirit), and sexual (e.g., asexual, gay, queer) identities. Specifically, we examine the impact on IPV on depression and PTSD and examine posttraumatic growth, LGBTQIA2S+ positive identity, and positive racial/ethnic identity as moderators. Models will be tested using path analysis and simple slope analysis for significant interaction effects. Preliminary analyses indicated several significant interactions – specifically, the association between both IPV victimization and depression and IPV victimization and PTSD are weaker at high levels of posttraumatic growth compared to low levels of post-traumatic growth.

Authors

• Tara E. Sutton, University of South Carolina

• Rayni Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Lorey Wheeler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Ryan C. Shorey, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Ramiro Angelino, University of Michigan

• Skyler Hopfauf, University of Michigan

• Katie M. Edwards, University of Michigan