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Discordant Sexual Partnering

2003; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 30; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00007435-200303000-00012

1537-4521

Jennifer K. Lee, Jacky M. Jennings, Jonathan M. Ellen,

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

In sexual networks, bridge members engaging in discordant partnering play key roles in maintaining and transmitting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) within a population.The goal was to characterize adolescents likely to engage in discordant sexual relationships with main and casual sex partners.Egocentric data about adolescents and their most recent sex partner(s) collected over 6 months were analyzed with use of logistic regression.History of STI, drug use, and meeting venue were significantly associated with discordant sexual partnering among high-risk adolescents. Participants with histories of high-risk behavior, e.g., hard drug use or STI, were more likely to have had a recent, dissimilar partner than those with lower-risk profiles. Particular meeting venues, such as clubs and street locations, were more likely to be associated with age-discordant, race-discordant, and drug use-discordant partnerships for females.Bridge members of adolescent sexual networks were more likely to have a history of STI, hard drug use, or meeting their sex partner through particular venues.