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    Sexual Compulsivity, the Internet, and Sexual Behaviors Among Men in a Rural Area of the United States

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    2010
    Author
    Schnarrs, Phillip W.
    Rosenberger, Joshua G.
    Satinsky, Sonya
    Brinegar, Emily
    Stowers, Jill
    Dodge, Brian
    Reece, Michael
    Publisher
    Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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    Article
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    Sexual compulsivity has been associated with higher frequencies of sexual behaviors that may increase risk for transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI). In a rural midwestern region where social and community resources for the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) are relatively few, the patterns of partner-seeking and sexual behavior, and their relations to sexual compulsivity, may be different than findings from other assessments of men in urban centers. Using a community-based participatory approach (CBPR), data were collected from 309 men who were primarily white, identified as gay or homosexual, and had a mean age of 29.37 years (SD¼11.33), to explore relations between scores on a measure of sexual compulsivity and their sexual partner-seeking, drug and alcohol use, and sexual behaviors with men and women. The majority of men reported having engaged in sexual activity with men in the past 30 days. Those scoring higher than the sample mean (1.65 [SD¼0.66]) on the sexual compulsivity measure reported patterns of having sex with partners met online and having been the insertive or receptive partner in unprotected anal intercourse. Given the unique patterns of sexual partner-seeking in this area, interventions to decrease sexual risk-taking should take into account that the vast majority of men in rural areas are using the Internet to locate sexual partners, and prevention messages focused on rural contexts need to be tailored to include men who have a propensity for sexually compulsive behaviors. Additionally, interventions created for virtual spaces may be more sustainable with rural communities than traditional approaches to HIV/STI prevention.
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    This is the publisher's version, which is also found by way of http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/apc/24/9
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/11284
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2010.0117
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    Schnarrs, Phillip W.; Rosenberger, Joshua G.; Satinsky, Sonya; et al. (2010) Sexual Compulsivity, the Internet, and Sexual Behaviors Among Men in a Rural Area of the United States. AIDS PATIENT CARE and STDs, 24.9, 563-569.

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