Disproportionately high: an exploration of intimate partner violence prevalence rates for bisexual people

Turell, Susan C.; Brown, Michael J.; Herrmann, Molly M

doi:10.1080/14681994.2017.1347614

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“…Inordinate psychological aggression rates (74%) were recorded in an exploratory survey of 51 HIV positive gay men with experiences of IPV (Craft & Serovich, 2005). Turrell (2000) found that 83% of a sample of 499 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals, 43% of which were gay men, reported emotional abuse. Stephenson and Finneran (2017a) found that emotional abuse (29.4%) was the most common form of IPV in their cohort (N = 1,075).…”

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“…Indeed, many authors investigating same-sex violence tended to pay particular attention to gay and lesbian populations, often overlooking bisexual men in the process. Scholars have a tendency to incorporate bisexual individuals into larger gay and lesbian groupings, which leaves bisexual men often unrepresented in research analysis (Hequembourg et al, 2015; Turell et al, 2018). Some authors refer to this as bisexual erasure, which can be broadly defined as a process of rendering bisexual people invisible (Flanders et al, 2017) or overlooking bisexuality as a valid sexuality (Barker & Langdridge, 2008).…”

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“…They include labels of selfishness, confusion, promiscuity, and presumed nonmonogamy lifestyles. Bisexuality can be falsely stereotyped as a phase or a fictitious sexual identity (Duke & Davidson, 2009; Messenger, 2012; Turell et al, 2018).…”

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A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence as It Relates to the Experiences of Gay and Bisexual Men

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McElvaney

2020

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global health issue that encroaches beyond parameters of age, gender, sexual orientation and is the subject of extensive scholarly inquiry. Research on IPV in heterosexual couples, in particular on heterosexual women, has been prolific. However, there is a dearth of literature to document the distinct experiences of gay and bisexual men, despite the evidence of prevalence of IPV as reported equal or higher to heterosexual women. Studies have found that one in four gay men and four in 10 bisexual men have experienced IPV in their lifetime. This scoping review examines studies between 1931 and 2019 that had a predominant focus on violence among gay and bisexual men. Four electronic databases were searched in 2019. Arksey and O’Malley’s framework was utilized to extract 28 studies using a range of research designs that represented 13,224 sexual minority male participants. Across studies, gay and bisexual men were observed to experience IPV similarly to heterosexual couples involving psychological, physical, and sexual violence. However, as a marginalized and sexual minority group, they experience distinctive features of violence including sexual orientation outing, unprotected sexual intercourse, homophobia, internalized homophobia, and difficulties accessing minority men–focused services. Minority stress theory is posited as a useful lens in understanding the above features. In keeping with previous scholarship, a paucity of knowledge on gay and bisexual men’s experience of IPV was observed, and additional research is recommended.

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A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence as It Relates to the Experiences of Gay and Bisexual Men

Callan

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McElvaney

2020

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…39,40 In addition, rates of mental health problems, suicidality, interpersonal violence, and sexual assault have also been shown to be significantly elevated among bisexual women relative to other sexual identity groups. [41][42][43] These lifecourse differences may contribute to the observed greater disparities in lifetime and recent SU among older bisexual men and women.…”

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Differences in Substance Use Disparities Across Age Groups in a National Cross-Sectional Survey of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults

Schuler

Stein

2019

LGBT Health

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Purpose: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults have elevated rates of substance use (SU) relative to heterosexual adults, yet the extent to which these disparities vary across age groups is unknown. Using national survey data, we test for age group differences in lifetime and recent SU disparities among LGB adults. Methods: Using data on 67,354 adults (including 4868 LGB adults) from the 2015 and 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), we examined LGB disparities in lifetime and recent use of cigarettes, marijuana, and illicit drugs. Analyses were stratified by age groups (18-25, 26-34, and 35-49 years) and compared lesbian/gay (L/G) and bisexual adults, respectively, with heterosexual adults of the same gender and age group. Results: Among L/G women, disparities (relative to same-age heterosexual women) were significantly larger in the youngest age group compared with the older age groups for numerous measures of lifetime and recent SU. Conversely, among bisexual men and bisexual women, multiple SU disparities (relative to heterosexual adults of the same age and gender) were significantly smaller among the youngest age group compared with the oldest age group. Conclusion: Contrary to hypotheses of decreased minority stress among more recent generations of LGB individuals, we found that SU disparities were not systematically smaller in younger age groups. Rather, disparities exhibited distinct trends across age groups. As NSDUH data are cross-sectional, differences by age group may reflect the influence of both age-varying developmental factors as well as time-varying social and contextual factors.

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“…Several articles contained in this double issue address specific risk factors (e.g. body image concerns [Kashubeck-West, Deitz, & Zielman, 2018], intimate partner violence [Turell et al, 2018], and bisexual-specific minority stressors [Smith, Mohr, & Ross, 2018]) for poor mental health and how these can impact both the intra-and interpersonal relationships of bisexual people.…”

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Shining a light into the darkness: bisexuality and relationships

Vencill

Israel

2018

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

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Disproportionately high: an exploration of intimate partner violence prevalence rates for bisexual people

Cited by 51 publications

References 52 publications

A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence as It Relates to the Experiences of Gay and Bisexual Men

A Scoping Review of Intimate Partner Violence as It Relates to the Experiences of Gay and Bisexual Men

Differences in Substance Use Disparities Across Age Groups in a National Cross-Sectional Survey of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults

Shining a light into the darkness: bisexuality and relationships

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