The relevance of communal altruism for sexual minority men in contemporary contexts

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ID11044326
AutoresShayna Skakoon-Sparling (0000-0002-5021-6593, Department of Psychology Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Toronto Ontario Canada, autor correspondente), Kiffer G Card (0000-0001-6545-1249, Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia Canada), Jake R Novick (Department of Psychology Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Toronto Ontario Canada), G W Berlin (0000-0002-6209-348X, Department of Psychology Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Toronto Ontario Canada), Nathan Lachowsky (0000-0002-6336-8780, School of Public Health and Social Policy University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia Canada), B D Adam (0000-0002-8836-4153, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology University of Windsor Windsor Ontario Canada), David J Brennan (0000-0002-7663-9869, Factor‐Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada), Jordan M Sang (0000-0001-5649-0326, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Syed W Noor (0000-0002-4090-8799, Department of Kinesiology & Health Science Louisiana State University Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana USA), Joseph Cox (0000-0002-7041-1556, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada), D Moore (0000-0003-1078-9247, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Vancouver British Columbia Canada), Daphne Grace (0000-0002-9032-3959, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada), Cornel Grey (0000-0002-8721-9536, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada), Emerich Daroya (0000-0003-2024-4240, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada), Trevor Hart (0000-0001-5107-7452, Department of Psychology Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) Toronto Ontario Canada)
Ano2023
Volume51
Fascículo4
Páginas1461-1478
Data de publicação2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22923
PMID35932490
OpenAlexW4290087476
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas78

There are many reasons why individuals engage in prosocial behavior; communal sexual altruism is based on the notion that some practice safer sex in the interest of promoting the well‐being of their community/in‐group. Given that definitions of what constitutes “safer sex” have changed with advances in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, we investigated the importance of communal sexual altruism (herein “altruism”) among urban gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men (GBM) in the contemporary context. Using a sample of 2449 GBM we examined the association of both safer‐sex‐related attitudes (e.g., HIV treatment optimism–skepticism) and behaviors (e.g., condomless anal sex [CAS]) with altruism scores. Higher altruism scores were associated with a lower likelihood of CAS and a greater frequency of discussing HIV status with new partners. These findings demonstrate that many GBM are motivated to engage in several kinds of behaviors that improve the well‐being of their in‐group (i.e., the GBM community)

Altruism (biology) · Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Optimism · Prosocial behavior · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology