Sexual Orientation and Demographic, Cultural, and Psychological Factors Associated with the Perpetration and Victimization of Intimate Partner Violence among Hispanic Men

Abstract

Hispanics are disproportionately affected by intimate partner violence. Most of the research describing factors associated with intimate partner violence among Hispanics has focused on Hispanic women or Hispanics in heterosexual relationships. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between sexual orientation (heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual), and demographic, cultural and psychological factors and intimate partner violence among Hispanic men. A cross sectional questionnaire was administered to 160 Hispanic heterosexual and men who have sex with men. Demographic factors (age, education and income), acculturation, depressive symptoms and self-esteem were assessed using standardized instruments. Data was analyzed using ANOVA and simple and multiple logistical regression. Differences in education, income and self-esteem were noted across participants identifying as heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual. Bisexual Hispanic men were almost at 4 times greater odds of reporting the perpetration of IPV than homosexual Hispanic men, even when differences in education, income and self-esteem were controlled for (AOR = 3.92, 95%CI = 1.11, 14.19). This study suggest the importance of specifically targeting bisexual Hispanic men in IPV research and services.

“Amar te Duele” (“Love Hurts”): Sexual Relationship Power, Intimate Partner Violence, Depression Symptoms and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers Who Use Drugs and Their Non-commercial, Steady Partners in Mexico

“…Male partners’ rates of IPV perpetration (51%) in this study were higher than other studies of injection drug-using men (40%) (58) and Latino immigrant men in San Diego County (32%) (56). Reports of IPV victimization among male partners of FSWs are difficult to find, but IPV victimization rates in our study (51%) were higher than other studies reporting IPV victimization among drug-using males (25%) (59), and a community sample of homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual Latino men in the U.S. (20%) (60). The high rates of IPV perpetration and victimization reported by both the male partners and the FSWs in the current study may be indicative of high conflict relationships in which it is difficult to negotiate relationship issues, including condom use.…”

The Impact of Parental Reaction to Sexual Orientation on Depressive Symptoms and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Hispanic Men Who Have Sex with Men

“…Marin and Gamba (1996) reported validity of the measure using correlation analysis with various scales of acculturation used in previous research and with criteria such as number of years in the U.S. and ethnic self-identification. A study with a sample of Hispanic men that included both heterosexuals and MSM reported Cronbach s alphas of .96 for the Americanism scale and .86 for the Hispanicism scale (Gonzalez-Guarda, DeSantis & Vasquez, 2013). Cronbach s alpha for this sample were .94 for Americanism and .83 for Hispanicism.…”

Untangling the Relationship Between Internalized Heterosexism and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: A Comparative Study of Lesbians and Bisexual Women in Turkey and Denmark*

“…The work presented here was largely performed while the first author was a post-doctoral researcher at Copenhagen University [and is now at Oslo University].While the mainstream approach to understanding intimate partner violence (IPV) has been dominated by heteronormativity and gender binary conceptualization, IPV is not specific to heterosexual relationships. Some studies have found similar prevalence rates of IPV in heterosexual relationships and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) relationships (Gonzalez-Guarda et al, 2013), while other studies suggest that IPV is significantly more prevalent among LGBs than heterosexuals (Blosnich & Bossarte, 2009;Dank et al, 2014;Reuter et al, 2015). According to Meyer (1995Meyer ( , 2003, the minority stress model indicates that contextual triggers for IPV, together with internalized heterosexism and an expectation to be discriminated against, are the same predictors as for higher mental health challenges among LGB people.…”