TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - How intimate partner violence is influenced by social identity among sexual minority men
JO  - LGBT health
A1  - Jessup, Owen
A1  - Nacht, Carrie L.
A1  - Amato, Marianna
A1  - Reynolds, Hannah E.
A1  - Felner, Jennifer K.
A1  - Hong, Chenglin
A1  - Muthuramalingam, Sandhya
A1  - Siconolfi, Daniel E.
A1  - Wagner, Glenn J.
A1  - Stephenson, Rob
A1  - Storholm, Erik D.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - PURPOSE: Sexual minority men (SMM) experience intimate partner violence (IPV) at disproportionately high rates. The objective of this article was to identify the experiences of SMM and health care providers on how social identity impacts IPV. <br><br>METHODS: SMM participants (N = 23) were recruited from online community settings and a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and others (LGBTQ+) organization in Los Angeles; providers (N = 10) were recruited from LGBTQ+ organizations. Semistructured interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. An applied thematic analysis approach was implemented to create memos, inductively generate a codebook, apply codes to the transcripts, and identify key themes in data. <br><br>RESULTS: Three main themes were identified. The first theme was weaponizing social identity to control a partner, which had three subthemes: (1) immigration status, race/ethnicity, and skin color, (2) threatening to "out" the partner's sexual orientation, and (3) abusing power inequity. Men who perpetrated IPV often used minority identities or undisclosed sexuality to leverage power over their partner. The second theme was use of IPV to establish masculinity, by exerting power over the more "feminine" partner. The third theme was internalized homophobia as a root cause of IPV, which details how internalized homophobia was often expressed in violent outbursts toward partners. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These findings highlight how IPV among SMM can be influenced by social and sexual identity. Future research must consider socially constructed power structures and the multiple identities of SMM when developing interventions to address IPV in this population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2325-8292
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.0129
ID  - ref1
ER  -