Study on the social support condition and its influencing factors among MSM in Chongqing
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2014.33.029
- VernacularTitle:重庆市男男性行为人群的社会支持状况及影响因素分析
- Author:
Zijun LIAO
;
Hong WANG
;
Jiangpeng CHEN
;
Weixiang XIONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
social support;
man who have sex with man;
influencing factors
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2014;(33):4503-4506,4509
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the current status of social support and its influence factors among MSM in Chongqing .Meth‐ods The status of social support was measured by Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS) in 803 males who have sex with man (MSM) .Results Eight hundred and three MSM were selected as the subjects ,whose average overall scores of social support were 29 .240 ± 6 .228 .Increasing with the growth of the number of friends in gay circles ,MSM tended to obtain more social supports . SSRS score displayed that MSM with features like same gender sexual orientation ,infecting STDs ,only child and did not have regu‐lar homo sex partners got lower social support(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Their social support system should be improved .Therefore , the quality of life and social support will be improved ,thus to maintain their physical and mental health .
