Psychological characteristics associated with chemsex among men who have sex with meninternalized homophobia, conscientiousness and serostatus as predictive factors

  1. Benjamín Rodríguez-Expósito 1
  2. Jennifer A. Rieker 1
  3. Sara Uceda 1
  4. Ana Isabel Beltrán-Velasco 1
  5. Víctor Echeverry-Alzate 1
  6. Manuel Gómez-Ortega 2
  7. Manuel Reiriz 1
  1. 1 Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid
  2. 2 Adhara Asociación VIH/SIDA, Sevilla
Aldizkaria:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Argitalpen urtea: 2024

Alea: 24

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 221-230

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2024.100465 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openSarbide irekia editor

Beste argitalpen batzuk: International journal of clinical and health psychology

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Background Although significant progress has been made in the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, even today this population still faces stigma and discrimination that impacts their mental health. In the case of men who have sex with men, it has been demonstrated that the use of drugs in a sexual context (chemsex) is one of the coping mechanisms and means of escape to deal with these situations. Method We assessed 284 native Spanish speakers’ participants, 45,4 % were not engaged in sexualised drug use (n = 129) while 54,6 % were chemsex users (n = 155) using 18,7 % of them the injected via. The participants completed six questionnaires about life and sexual satisfaction, depression, anxiety, internalised homophobia and personality. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression were performed to assess the associations between sexual behaviour-related and psychological variables. Kruskal-Wallis H test was used to analysed the impact on mental health of the administration via. Results Aged, unprotected sexual relationships, positive serostatus, homonegativity and conscientiousness predicted the chemsex engagement. Furthermore, we found differences regarding the administration via. Conclusions We conclude that mental health significantly correlates with the practice of chemsex, highlighting the importance of integrating mental health considerations into the prevention of risky sexual behaviors.

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