A psychodynamic analysis of the prentg problems of many gay male clients reveals the equent prence of issu related to inty and timacy. This paper explor the ncepts om the viewpot of observed clil phenomena, their likely antecents, and treatment strategi based on a m …
Contents:
- THE ASSOCIATNS OF SEXUAL SIRE, DAILY STRS, AND TIMACY GAY MEN LONG-TERM RELATNSHIPS
- INTIMACY AND SEXUALY GAY MALE UPL
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
- TREATMENT OF INTY AND TIMACY ISSU GAY MAL
THE ASSOCIATNS OF SEXUAL SIRE, DAILY STRS, AND TIMACY GAY MEN LONG-TERM RELATNSHIPS
We vtigated the associatns between daily strs, sexual sire and timacy gay men long-term relatnships. A daily diary method of data llectn was ed. Twenty-two adult participants pleted brief qutnnair ten tim per day durg seven nsecutive days. Multilevel regrsn analys revealed signifint negative associatns of daily strs wh sexual sire (p = 0.003); higher strs me wh lower levels of sexual sire, and vice versa. The hypothized moratn effect of the associatns of strs wh sexual sire by timacy was found signifint (p = 0.003). However, the effect was not as predicted: at higher levels of timacy the negative effect of strs on sexual sire was shown to be stronger than at lower levels. Most temporal associatns of strs and timacy wh sexual sire were not signifint. Neverthels, the prent fdgs implite that daily strs and timacy are important factors sexual functng of gay men long-term relatnships. * gay male intimacy issues *
In the current study, we examed daily strs and timacy as potentially relevant factors the regulatn of sexual sire gay men long-term relatnships.
INTIMACY AND SEXUALY GAY MALE UPL
Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health. * gay male intimacy issues *
Most prev fdgs on the topics were based on cross-sectnal rearch among men and women mixed-sex relatnships, and are th silent wh regard to aly [7], and not necsarily reprentative for gay men [8]. The prent study aimed to fill this gap by disentanglg the terrelatns gay men between daily strs, sexual sire, and timacy durg the day and across multiple days, g high-equent elogil momentary asssment methodology. Whereas the effects of chronic and major life event strs on other important life aspects have been studied more extensively gay men e.
G., [23, 24, 25], strikgly ltle rearch has been nducted to the fluence of daily strs on the sexual functng of gay men long-term relatnships.
Bancroft and lleagu [31, 32] also vtigated the associatns of strs and sexual tert heterosexual and gay men g -pth terviews. Several studi have shown that same-sex relatnships are characterized by greater egalarianism [36], and this may have implitns for the way gay men pe wh daily strs [35].
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
In a study of 320 men (20 to 77 years) gay relatnships, data were gathered on verbal, physil, and emotnal timacy and on sexual aspects of relatnship functng. Inpennt of relatnship duratn and partners' age, emotnal timacy predicts relatnship satisfactn the bt. Sexua … * gay male intimacy issues *
Moreover, the temporal and al nnectns between daily strs and sexual sire of gay men long-term relatnships are yet unknown. Longudal studi n provi strong suggtns for al purpose of this study was to exame the associatns among daily strs, sexual sire and timacy the daily liv of gay men a long-term relatnship, g elogil momentary asssment methodology (for a scriptn, see Method, Rearch Dign subparagraph).
To be eligible for participatn the study applints (a) self-intified as gay, (b) had a romantic partner relatnship of at least 6 months, (c) were at least 18 years of age, (d) spoke Dutch, and (e) had pleted at least 8 years of tn to ensure prehensn of the qutnnair. Predictors are centered around person level size imageDiscsnThe aim of the current study was to vtigate the relatnship of daily strs to sexual sire and timacy gay men long-term relatnships. The associatns are nsistent wh the fdgs om the studi of Bonmann and lleagu [29] and Bancroft [30], and imply that psychologil strsors negatively fluence the sexual functng of gay men long-term relatnships.
Furthermore, lagged sexual sire and lagged timacy did not predict current strs levels, refutg our current study did not provi empiril support for aly both directns of the associatn of daily strs and sexual functng among gay men, based on predictn g lagged data.
TREATMENT OF INTY AND TIMACY ISSU GAY MAL
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * gay male intimacy issues *
It may be that this associatn only exists at lower strs levels; the strs level of gay men uld simply be too high, partly as a rult of chronic mory strs, referrg to strs that is uniquely associated wh the membership of socially stigmatized groups [65]. Our rults show that timacy is also important for the sexual functng of gay men long-term relatnships, as prevly found for heterosexual men and women [2, 38, 46] prev rearch has shown that timacy n serve as a buffer agast the negative fluence of strs on relatnship satisfactn both same-sex and different-sex relatnships [42, 43], the current fdgs do not support this hypothis for gay men long-term relatnships. This may have led to volunteer bias [69], rcg the generalizabily of the rults to clil sampl or the gay populatn at large.
The chosen operatnalizatn of daily strs do not take all possible strsors to acunt that participants might experience, such as strsors that are specific to gay men as a mory group, cludg stigmatizatn, prejudice and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn [70]. Another limatn to the external validy of our fdgs is the strict foc on the psychologil perspective, which ignor the ntextual and cultural orig of strsors, cludg strsors that are specific to mory groups such as gay men. Dpe the limatns, this rearch mak a unique ntributn to the study of the associatns between daily strs and var aspects of the sexual functng and timacy of gay men a long-term relatnship.