The Association between Men’s Concern about Demonstrating Masculine Characteristics and Their Sexual Risk Behaviors: Findings from the Dominican Republic

Citation

Fleming, Paul J.; Barrington, Clare; Powell, Wizdom A.; Gottert, Ann L.; Lerebours, Leonel; Donastorg, Yeycy A.; & Brito, Maximo O. (2018). The Association between Men’s Concern about Demonstrating Masculine Characteristics and Their Sexual Risk Behaviors: Findings from the Dominican Republic. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(2), 507-515. PMCID: PMC5429985

Abstract

Quantitative analyses exploring the relationship between masculinities and men’s sexual risk behaviors have most commonly used one dimension of masculinities: men’s gender ideology. Examining other dimensions may enhance our understanding of and ability to intervene upon this relationship. In this article, we examined the association between gender role conflict/stress (GRC/S)—men’s concern about demonstrating masculine characteristics—and three different sexual risk behaviors (having two or more sex partners in the last 30 days; never/inconsistent condom use with non-steady partners; and drinking alcohol at last sex) among a sample of heterosexual men in the Dominican Republic who were participating in an HIV prevention intervention (n = 293). The GRC/S Scale we used was adapted for this specific cultural context and has 17 items (

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-016-0880-6

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2018

Journal Title

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Author(s)

Fleming, Paul J.
Barrington, Clare
Powell, Wizdom A.
Gottert, Ann L.
Lerebours, Leonel
Donastorg, Yeycy A.
Brito, Maximo O.

PMCID

PMC5429985

ORCiD

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