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Previous studies on minority stress suggest that internalized anti-gay prejudice and masculinity are positively related to high-risk behaviors, including heavy alcohol consumption, drug use/abuse, and high-risk sex, among sexual minority men. However, less is known about the dyadic influences of these relations among cisgender male couples. The current study aims to address this gap and explore the effects of marginalized racial status and being in an interracial relationship on these associations. We recruited 296 cisgender men from the United States who were in a relationship with another man. Of those 296 individuals, 103 couples (n = 206) completed a dyadic survey. Using both individual and dyadic datasets, we tested the associations between internalized anti-gay prejudice and masculinity and high-risk behaviors at both individualand couple-levels, along with the racial moderators. We used path modeling and actor-partner interdependence modeling to analyze the results. The results demonstrated that internalized anti-gay prejudice was positively associated with drug use and high-risk sexual behaviors at the individual level, as well as at the dyadic level (i.e., partner effects)

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Author

Minhao Dai; Tianen Chen

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences