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Sexual Coercion and Mental Health Symptoms Among Heterosexual Men: The Pressure to Say "Yes"
Moisés Próspero*
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Peter Fawson
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Moises.Prospero{at}socwk.utah.edu.
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The present study investigated the prevalence of female-to-male intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health symptoms among 370 male university students. Participants completed surveys that measured three types of IPV victimization (sexual, physical, and psychological) and four types of mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression, hostility, and somatic symptoms). Correlations revealed strong positive associations between sexual, physical, and psychological IPV among male victims. Multiple regressions identified that males who reported psychological and sexual IPV from their female partner were more likely to report higher hostility, anxiety, and somatic symptoms. Further analyses identified that male victims experienced much higher levels of "insisted" sexual coercion rather than "forced" sexual coercion. Mental health practitioners should be aware of the possible mental health symptoms among male IPV victims, specifically from sexual coercion. The study posits that gender socialization does not allow men to refuse sex from an intimate partner and therefore elicit mental health symptoms.
First published on February 2, 2009
American Journal of Men's Health 2009, doi:10.1177/1557988308330106
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