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{"title":"The Prevalence and Associated Factors of HIV Self-Testing Among High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Study Based on Bayesian Network Model.","authors":"Zhihui Zhu, Jun Du, Hongbo Zhang, Tao Liu, Shufang Sun, Cui Yang, Nickolas Zaller, Haipeng Zha, Xiuping Zhao, Xuejiao Hu, Pan Gao, Jun Wang, Yehuan Sun, Zhihua Zhang, Don Operario","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03192-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03192-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Promoting HIV self-testing (HIVST) among men who have sex with men (MSM) is an effective strategy for preventing and controlling HIV infection. We aimed to explore the prevalence, associated factors, and probabilistic dependencies of HIVST uptake among HIV-negative MSM who engaged in condomless sex during the past 6 months in China using logistic regression and Bayesian networks. We performed analysis of baseline data from a large longitudinal randomized controlled trial. In total, 1800 MSM were included and 37.5% (n = 675) reported HIVST in the past 6 months. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that HIVST uptake was positively associated with the following factors: higher monthly income, migrant from other cities, sexual partners engaged in HIVST, sex under the influence of substances, and higher frequency of browsing/using WeChat to explore HIV prevention or treatment information and services. HIVST uptake showed negative associations with older age, inconsistent condom use with casual sex partners, seeking sexual partners through gay venues, and having sex under the influence of alcohol. The Bayesian network model revealed direct associations between HIVST uptake and four factors: age, condom use with casual sexual partners, sex partner's HIVST status, and frequency of browsing/using WeChat to explore HIV prevention or treatment information and services. HIVST uptake peaked at 85.7% under the optimal configuration of: age 18-24 years, consistent condom use with casual partners, unknown partner HIVST status, and at least once a month browse/use WeChat to explore HIV prevention or treatment information and services. Future HIVST promotion strategies should prioritize youth-focused digital education via WeChat, normalized condom use reinforcement, and partner-initiated HIVST encouragement to operationalize the synergistic determinants identified by the Bayesian network, maximizing uptake potential under optimized variable configurations.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144706088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Introduction to the Special Section on the Puzzles of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.","authors":"Paul L Vasey","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03252-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03252-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moderating Effects on the Link between Violent Pornography and Sexual Aggression.","authors":"Melissa S de Roos,Emma Ferrando","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03199-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03199-y","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual violence remains a widespread problem among university students, with negative consequences ranging from mental and physical health problems to academic effects and interpersonal issues. Sexual scripts form the blueprint for sexual interactions. Such scripts are influenced by personal experience, as well as exposure to external sources. One such source is violent pornography, with its effect on sexual violence perpetration established in various studies. The aim of this study was to examine the link between violent pornography consumption and sexual violence perpetration. Further, we examined the moderating effects of perceived pornography realism and peer rape myth acceptance (RMA). University students (N = 686, 63.4% female) from The Netherlands participated in this online survey study. Male participants held more positive views toward pornography, viewed more frequently and more deviant content, and their perceived peer RMA was higher than that of women. Results indicated that, particularly for male students, viewing violent pornography increased the risk of sexual violence perpetration. This effect was further exacerbated if pornography was perceived as realistic and peer RMA was high. No such association between violent pornography and sexual violence perpetration was found for women, but this link was observed if peer RMA was high. Implications for prevention focusing on porn literacy initiatives and peer groups are discussed.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"673 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144684046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Help-Seeking for Sexual Difficulties Among Australian Men: Analysis of the Ten to Men Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Zelalem Mengesha,Adugnaw Zeleke Alem,Tesfaye Alemayehu Gebremedhin,Alexandra J Hawkey","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03182-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03182-7","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual difficulties are common among Australian men, affecting over half the population regardless of age or sexual identity. It can have significant impacts on physical health, mental well-being, and quality of life if left untreated. The present study aimed to examine sexual difficulty trends, sources of seeking help, and factors associated with sexual help-seeking behavior among a cohort of Australian men. Four waves of data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) were used in the analysis. We included men aged 18 years and above who had engaged in vaginal, oral, or anal sex, leading to a total sample size of 12,737 (wave 1), 8,933 (wave 2), 6,991 (wave 3), and 5,804 (wave 4) men. Logistic regression was undertaken to identify factors associated with sexual help-seeking behavior. Across the four waves, there was a significant rise in the prevalence of men experiencing at least one form of sexual difficulty, increasing from 54.1% (95% CI 52.7, 62.5) in 2013/14 to 64.7% (95% CI 62.8, 66.7) in 2022. The increase in prevalence of sexual difficulties was more pronounced among men from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds which increased from 42.8% (95% CI 38.1, 47.5) in 2013/14 to 61.5% (95% CI 55.6, 67.1) in 2022. Around 17.6% of men sought assistance for their sexual health concerns in 2022, with no significant change over the study period. Number of sexual difficulties, age, sexual identity, relationship status, conformity to masculine norms, depression, and number of financial hardships were factors significantly associated with sexual health-seeking behavior. Despite the burden of sexual difficulties increasing among Australian men, few have sought assistance, suggesting a significant level of unmet sexual health need. This underscores the necessity of evaluating current services and considering co-designed sexual health initiatives, informed by an intersectional approach, to enhance accessibility, engagement, and responsiveness to the distinct sexual health needs and preferences of men from a range of communities.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144677952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating Internalized Homophobia with Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model among Chinese Sexual Minority Men: A Network Analysis.","authors":"Sen Lin, Lijun Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03200-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03200-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Problematic pornography use (PPU) is a core factor contributing to the negative consequences of pornography use. Particularly, pornography problems due to moral incongruence (PPMI) model suggest that individuals experience self-perceived PPU may be partly due to the moral disapproval of pornography use. Internalized homophobia overlapped conceptually with the moral unacceptability of same-gender attraction and behavior, which is also associated with PPU. Therefore, this study integrated internalized homophobia into the PPMI model among sexual minority men. In total, 593 Chinese sexual minority men completed measures for pornography use frequency, Revised Internalized Homophobia Scale, Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-18), moral disapproval of pornography use scale, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. Network analysis was used to examine the associations between pornography use, internalized homophobia, moral disapproval of pornography, PPU symptoms, and psychological distress. The results revealed that internalized homophobia was associated with conflict and relapse. Moral disapproval may play a bridging role in the relationship between internalized homophobia and PPU, with withdrawal, conflict, and relapse emerging as core symptoms driving psychological distress. These findings indicated the potential role of internalized homophobia in relation to PPU. Moral disapproval may explain, to some extent, the mechanism underlying the association between internalized homophobia and PPU. This study extends the PPMI model to sexual minority men in China. These findings have significant implications for the implementation of clinical interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144681909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preoccupied and Fearful-Avoidant Attachment Styles May Mediate the Relationship Between Poor Parental Relationship Quality and Sexual Interests in Violence.","authors":"Ellen Zakreski,Sara Jahnke,Renáta Androvičová,Klára Bártová,Agatha Chronos,Lucie Krejčová,Lenka Martinec Nováková,Kateřina Klapilová","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03183-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03183-6","url":null,"abstract":"Research suggests that adverse rearing conditions such as poor-quality relations with one's parents are associated with a range of potentially problematic sexual behaviors and interests. Less is known, however, about the mechanisms linking adverse rearing conditions and paraphilic interest, especially in non-incarcerated individuals. In a representative sample of 1600 Czech adults that oversampled people with paraphilic interests, the current study examined the association between lower quality parental relations and violent paraphilic interest (sexual interest in immobilization, biastophilia, and sadomasochism), and whether this association was mediated by attachment insecurity. Participants completed an online survey with questions assessing violent paraphilic interest, attachment style, and quality of relations with their parents up until age 12. A series of models were fitted to hypotheses based on structural equation modeling. The model estimating a mediation effect of relationship quality with parents on paraphilic interests via attachment insecurity showed an adequate fit to the data (RMSEA = .039, SRMR = .027, CFI = .977, TLI = .953). Controlling for age and gender, lower parental relationship quality was associated with higher levels of violent paraphilic interest and this effect was mediated by insecure attachment, specifically preoccupied and fearful-avoidant attachment styles. Our findings indicate that insecure attachment styles, particularly those that involve anxiety of rejection, may be part of the mechanism linking poor parental bonds and violent paraphilic interest, but the causal nature of these effects cannot be confirmed based on cross-sectional observational data. We discuss study limitations and new research directions in the discussion section.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144652703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diverse Gender and Sexual Identity in Romantic Partner Selection Experiences: An Exploration of Similarities, Differences, and Potential Explanations.","authors":"Scott Devenport,Catriona Davis-McCabe,Barbara Mullan,Sam Winter","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03173-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03173-8","url":null,"abstract":"The literature studying individuals' selection of long-term romantic partners predominantly focuses on samples of majority gender and sexual identity (cisgender, heterosexual), leaving a gap in our knowledge regarding minority populations. In this study, 554 Australian adults seeking romantic partners (Mage = 32.06 years, 52.35% of whom reported minority gender and/or sexual identities) responded to an online survey regarding their partner selection experiences and beliefs, ideal and self-ratings on romantic partner traits, and self-perceived mate value. Factor analysis replicated established trait preference dimensions in this large, heterogeneous Australian sample, with dimensions remaining stable in majority and minority subsamples. Exploratory comparative and regression analyses generated preliminary insights into differences, similarities, interactions, and intersectional factors across identity groups. The commonly observed sex differences of men preferring aesthetic traits more than women, and women preferring empowered traits more than men were supported in comparative analyses. However, sex was not associated with preference for empowered traits in regression with identity, trait preferences, and self-perceived mate value. Self-perceived mate value findings replicated, challenged, and extended previous research, with asexual identity linked to lower self-perceptions. A preference for warm traits appeared to be a central factor through association with most other preferences and identities. As potential explanations, we discuss complex influences of evolutionary psychology, sociocultural factors, norms, and potential differences in partner selection processes. These findings contribute to our knowledge of partner selection experiences across majority and minority gender and sexual identity populations.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144640095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A 10-Year Longitudinal Relationship Between Preschool Sex-Typical Play Behavior at Age 3.5 Years and Mental Rotation Performance in Adolescence at Age 13 Years.","authors":"Karson T F Kung,Melissa Hines","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03188-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03188-1","url":null,"abstract":"It has been proposed that childhood sex-typical play experiences may shape subsequent mental rotation abilities. Average sex differences in both play behavior and mental rotation performance have been well documented. Male-typical play typically involves more spatial activities than does female-typical play. Also, males typically score higher on mental rotation tasks than do females. The present study investigated the association between preschool sex-typical play behavior and mental rotation performance in adolescence. Participants were drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a British longitudinal population study. It was not possible for the present study to follow up the entire longitudinal cohort. Subgroups of participants were recruited based on parent-reported sex-typical play behavior at age 3.5 years. There were 66 masculine boys and 59 masculine girls, 81 feminine boys and 68 feminine girls, and 55 randomly selected control boys and 67 randomly selected control girls. At age 13 years, the recruited participants completed a mental rotation task. Masculine children scored significantly higher on the mental rotation task than did control children or feminine children. In addition, control children scored significantly higher on the mental rotation task than did feminine children. These longitudinal associations were not moderated by sex and were observed after considering sociodemographic background, academic performance, and other preschool child characteristics such as vocabulary and fine motor skills. Sex-typical play behavior in the preschool period is related to mental rotation performance 10 years later in adolescence. Preschool sex-typical play behavior may have long-term implications for spatial skills development beyond childhood.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144640092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Behavioral Economic Assessment of Contraceptive Use and Abortion Access Among College Cis Women in the U.S.","authors":"Jin H Yoon,Irene Pericot-Valverde,Constanza de Dios,Sarah Voss,Caroline Allen,Catherine Chopade,Haley Neal,Erik G Ortiz,Kelcy R Coleman,Vincent Dang,Lanelle Ochiam","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03181-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03181-8","url":null,"abstract":"College students are at increased risk of sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies, complicated by changes in abortion access across the United States. The current study utilized a behavioral economic framework to examine how sex-related behavior, knowledge, and attitudes as well as access to abortion impacted valuation of condoms and an emergency contraceptive (i.e., morning after pill) among cis women college students (N = 109). Behavioral economic tasks included condom demand (ConPT) and condom delay discounting (ConDD) in the context of a one-night stand as well as a novel task assessing emergency contraceptive demand (ECPT). Tasks were completed twice under conditions where participants were instructed to imagine that abortion was either legal or illegal. Participants' self-reported sexual risk history as well as knowledge and attitudes toward contraceptives was also assessed. History of greater sexual risk behavior was significantly associated with lower valuation of contraceptives (i.e., ConPT, ECPT) and greater likelihood of having sex without a condom (i.e., ConPT, ConDD). Positive attitudes toward the morning after pill were significantly associated with greater demand in the ECPT. Relative to the abortion legal condition, greater valuation of contraceptives was observed in the ConPT, ConDD, and ECPT in the abortion illegal condition. Our findings support the utility of applying a behavioral economic framework to assess changing valuation of contraceptives among college students.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144630256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measurement of Sexual Behavior Stigma in Cisgender Mexican Sexual Minority Men: Contextual Considerations of Living in Mexico or the United States.","authors":"Jane J Lee,Liying Wang,John Mark Wiginton,Sarah M Murray,Stefan D Baral,Roxanne P Kerani,David A Katz,Tanmay Bhanushali,Anh-Minh Nguyen,Yingying Wei,Ricardo Baruch-Dominguez,Travis H Sanchez,Laramie R Smith","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03184-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03184-5","url":null,"abstract":"We used data from the 2018 and 2019 cycles of the American Men's Internet Survey (AMIS) and the Encuesta de Sexo Entre Hombres (ESEH) (2017) to investigate measurement invariance of a sexual behavior stigma scale among Mexican gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men (SMM). Employing both a two- and three-group multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA), we established configural invariance of the scale, suggesting a uniform factor pattern structure across Mexican SMM subgroups based on country of origin and country of residence: (1) Mexican SMM in the ESEH dataset (N = 15,015), (2) Mexican SMM born in Mexico in the AMIS data (N = 218), and (3) Mexicans born in the USA in the AMIS data (N = 1606). The three-group MGCFA models, which separated the Mexican SMM in the USA who were born in Mexico from those who were born in the USA, demonstrated greater robustness, suggesting that the experiences of stigma among individuals within each group were more similar than when the two AMIS groups were combined. The nuanced findings underscore the importance of considering both nativity and current residence in studying sexual behavior stigma among Mexican SMM. Variations in factor loadings and prevalence of violence-related items across subgroups highlight the contextually dependent nature of sexual behavior stigma and emphasize the need for context-specific measurement tools to comprehensively understand the multifaceted nature of sexual behavior stigma within diverse populations and settings.","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144630250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}