Gay identity, interpersonal violence, and HIV risk behaviors: An empirical test of theoretical relationships among a probability-based sample of urban men who have sex with men

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 14-26

  Relf, Michael V ^a   Huang, Bu ^b   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^c   Catania, Joe ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Battering; Childhood sexual abuse; Gay identity; Gay bisexual men; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BATTERING; BISEXUALITY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2142640223     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1055329003261965     Document Type: Article

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