TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - The Association between Ethnic Identity and Sexual Coercion among Young Men in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa JO - Journal of health psychology A1 - Nyembezi, Anam A1 - Resnicow, Ken A1 - James, Shegs A1 - Funani, Itumeleng A1 - Sifunda, Sibusiso A1 - Ruiter, Robert A1 - van den Borne, Bart A1 - Sanders-Phillips, Kathy A1 - Reddy, Priscilla SP - 1089 EP - 1094 VL - 17 IS - 7 N2 - Sexual coercion by males poses important ethical, legal and public health challenges. Individual face-to-face structured interviews were conducted among 1656 men who had undergone male initiation and circumcision in rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province. Overall, 8.4 per cent of the participants reported ever having forced someone to have sex. Logistic regression adjusting for age, working status, education level and nation of origin showed that participants that expressed high cultural affiliation were significantly less likely to sexually coerce someone. The findings suggest that emphasizing cultural commitment may reduce sexual coercion, though findings need to be replicated.

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LA - en SN - 1359-1053 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105311431174 ID - ref1 ER -