Although sexual minority men experience elevated rates of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and equal or greater rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization compared to heterosexual individuals, little research has examined mechanisms linking these forms of victimization in this high-need population. We examined general (i.e., emotion regulation difficulties) and sexual minority specific (i.e., internalized homophobia) mediational pathways between CSA and IPV victimization in a longitudinal sample of 940 sexual minority men. Path analyses revealed significant associations between CSA and internalized homophobia, between internalized homophobia and emotion regulation difficulties, and between emotion regulation difficulties and IPV victimization. No indirect effects of CSA on IPV via general or minority specific pathways were observed. Findings suggest that minority stress specific (i.e., internalized homophobia) and general psychological risk factors (i.e., emotion regulation difficulties) co-occur and may function along independent pathways to link CSA to IPV revictimization. Future work is needed to investigate how mitigation of these modifiable pathways may be targeted to inform violence prevention interventions for sexual minority men.

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性少数男性中从童年性虐待到亲密伴侣暴力的心理社会风险路径：少数压力心理中介框架的测试。

尽管与异性恋个体相比，性少数男性遭受童年性虐待（CSA）的比例较高，并且亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）受害的比例相同或更高，但很少有研究探讨在这个高需求人群中将这些形式的受害联系起来的机制。我们在 940 名性少数男性的纵向样本中，研究了 CSA 和 IPV 受害之间的一般性（即情绪调节困难）和性少数特定性（即内在的同性恋恐惧症）中介途径。路径分析揭示了 CSA 与内化恐同之间、内化恐同与情绪调节困难之间以及情绪调节困难与 IPV 受害之间的显着关联。没有观察到 CSA 通过一般或少数特定途径对 IPV 产生间接影响。研究结果表明，少数群体特定压力（即内化的同性恋恐惧症）和一般心理危险因素（即情绪调节困难）同时发生，并且可能沿着独立的途径发挥作用，将 CSA 与 IPV 再次受害联系起来。未来的工作需要调查如何减轻这些可改变的途径，从而为性少数男性的暴力预防干预措施提供信息。