Citation

Dolezal C, Carballo-Diéguez A. J. Sex Res. 2002; 39(3): 165-173.

Affiliation

New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit # 15, New York, NY 10032, USA. dolezalc@childpsych.columbia.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12476263

Abstract

There is a lack of consensus on how to define childhood sexual abuse (CSA). In this study we explore the perceptions of CSA among men who had such experiences. One hundred Latino men (predominately gay) who had childhood sexual experiences with an older partner (CSEOP) were asked whether they considered their experiences sexual abuse (41 said no; 59 said yes). Those who felt abused were younger when the events happened and were more likely to have been physically forced, physically hurt, threatened, and emotionally hurt. Negative correlates of CSEOP in adulthood were also explored. Men who considered themselves the victims of CSA differed from those without CSEOP in having more alcohol use, unprotected anal sex, and male sex partners.

Language: en