Characterizing Experiences of Conversion Therapy Among Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).

Aging Conversion Therapy Gay and Bisexual Men HIV Stigma

Journal

Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP
ISSN: 1868-9884
Titre abrégé: Sex Res Social Policy
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101239794

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Historique:
entrez: 7 12 2020
pubmed: 8 12 2020
medline: 8 12 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Conversion therapies are practices that attempt to change an individuals' same-sex attractions through psychotherapeutic and aversive therapeutic techniques. Conversion therapies were developed based on homophobic beliefs that same-sex attractions are a mental illness. We sought to describe the prevalence and characteristics of conversion therapy experienced among middle-aged and older men who have sex with men in the United States. Given associations of homophobic stigma and HIV risk, we hypothesized that HIV-positive men would report higher odds of conversion therapy compared to HIV-negative men. We analyzed data from 1,237 middle-aged and older MSM enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Among participants, 17.7% reported lifetime conversion therapy, of which the average start of therapy age was 22.67 (

Identifiants

pubmed: 33281996
doi: 10.1007/s13178-019-00396-y
pmc: PMC7717625
mid: NIHMS1532910
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

334-342

Subventions

Organisme : NIMHD NIH HHS
ID : R01 MD010680
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : U01 AI035042
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : U01 HL146201
Pays : United States

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Auteurs

Steven P Meanley (SP)

Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA.

Ron D Stall (RD)

Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.

Omar Dakwar (O)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Department of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.

James E Egan (JE)

Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.

Mackey R Friedman (MR)

Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA.

Sabina A Haberlen (SA)

Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Chukwuemeka Okafor (C)

Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Linda A Teplin (LA)

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Michael W Plankey (MW)

Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Department of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.

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