TY - JOUR
T1 - Interrelationships Between Intimate Partner Violence, Coping Style, Depression, and Quality of Life Among the Regular Female Sexual Partners of Men Who Have Sex With Men
AU - Yan, Fang
AU - Tang, Siyuan
AU - Goldsamt, Lloyd
AU - Wang, Honghong
AU - Chen, Jia
AU - Li, Xianhong
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is supported by National Social Science Fund (15CSH037) and Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Nursing (2017TP1004).
Funding Information:
We are grateful to Ms. Lijing Wang, the organizer of a Tong-qi?s QQ platform (Lan man zhuan shen) for support of recruiting participants; Mr. Zhang, the professor in the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College Qingdao University for support of referring participant; and all the women who participated in our interviews. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is supported by National Social Science Fund (15CSH037) and Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Nursing (2017TP1004).
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PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - The regular female sexual partners of men who have sex with men (MSM), namely, “Tongqi” in China, increasingly attract attention in the field of public health due to their high levels of depression and intimate partner violence (IPV), and their potential risk of HIV infection. Few studies have explored the relationships among IPV, coping style, depression, and quality of life (QOL) in this population. To examine these relationships, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted in China from February 2016 to March 2017. A questionnaire, including the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale, was completed by a total of 194 Chinese Tongqi. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the relationships among IPV, coping style, depression, and QOL. IPV (β = −0.12, p =.002), depression (β = −0.79, p <.001), and active coping style directly (β = 0.17, p <.001) affected the QOL of this group of women; IPV also indirectly affected QOL through the mediating effect of passive coping style and depression, and the positive coping style indirectly affected QOL through the mediating effect of depression. The proposed model showed good fit of indices, χ2/d = 43.72/34 = 1.286 < 3, p =.123, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.038. Chinese Tongqi experienced high levels of IPV, which led to a poor QOL, partially through the mediating role of passive coping strategy and depression. Future studies or interventions should emphasize the IPV experienced by Chinese Tongqi and provide psychological support so as to improve the overall well-being of this vulnerable female population.
AB - The regular female sexual partners of men who have sex with men (MSM), namely, “Tongqi” in China, increasingly attract attention in the field of public health due to their high levels of depression and intimate partner violence (IPV), and their potential risk of HIV infection. Few studies have explored the relationships among IPV, coping style, depression, and quality of life (QOL) in this population. To examine these relationships, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted in China from February 2016 to March 2017. A questionnaire, including the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale, was completed by a total of 194 Chinese Tongqi. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the relationships among IPV, coping style, depression, and QOL. IPV (β = −0.12, p =.002), depression (β = −0.79, p <.001), and active coping style directly (β = 0.17, p <.001) affected the QOL of this group of women; IPV also indirectly affected QOL through the mediating effect of passive coping style and depression, and the positive coping style indirectly affected QOL through the mediating effect of depression. The proposed model showed good fit of indices, χ2/d = 43.72/34 = 1.286 < 3, p =.123, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.038. Chinese Tongqi experienced high levels of IPV, which led to a poor QOL, partially through the mediating role of passive coping strategy and depression. Future studies or interventions should emphasize the IPV experienced by Chinese Tongqi and provide psychological support so as to improve the overall well-being of this vulnerable female population.
KW - coping styles
KW - depression
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - men who have sex with men
KW - quality of life
KW - regular female sexual partners
KW - HIV Infections
KW - Prevalence
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Depression/epidemiology
KW - Homosexuality, Male
KW - Intimate Partner Violence
KW - Sexual and Gender Minorities
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Female
KW - Sexual Partners
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260520917519
DO - 10.1177/0886260520917519
M3 - Article
C2 - 32390497
AN - SCOPUS:85084826946
VL - 37
SP - NP651-NP670
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
SN - 0886-2605
IS - 1-2
ER -