NDLI: Sexual Partner Concurrency of Urban Male and Female STD Clinic Patients: A Qualitative Study

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Senn, Theresa E. Scott Sheldon, Lori A. J. Seward, Derek X. Wright, Ednita M. Carey, Michael P.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Partner concurrency (i.e., overlapping sexual partnerships) facilitates the spread of STDs, including HIV. The present study explored the context of and motivations for partner concurrency among patients recruited from an urban STD clinic. Eight focus groups were conducted with 59 patients (47% women; 77% African American). Qualitative analyses revealed five motivational themes related to the occurrence of concurrent partnerships for men and women. Participants reported these partnerships tend to occur: when people believe that sexual partners are unfaithful or cannot be trusted; when sexual satisfaction is low; when patients report the need for different partners to fulfill multiple needs; in retaliation for a partner’s concurrency; and when people wish to maintain a sexual relationship with an ex-partner who is the parent of a shared child. Four additional themes unique to men were identified. Men reported that they had multiple partners because this practice supports their sense of masculinity and is consistent with familial modeling and community norms, and because having multiple partners is “in a man’s nature.” Men also mentioned that the imbalance in the number of women-to-men in their sexual network facilitates partner concurrency. These findings can help prevention practitioners and researchers to develop interventions to reduce risk associated with partner concurrency.
Starting Page	775
Ending Page	784
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00040002
Journal	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Volume Number	40
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15732800
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-10-30
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Sexually transmitted diseases HIV Sexual behavior Partner concurrency Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Social Sciences Sexual Behavior
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Psychology

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