Influence of growing experience on non-heterosexual orientation among male college students in Nanjing
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.07.005
- VernacularTitle: 成长经历对南京男大学生自我认同为非异性性取向的影响
- Author:
Xiaoshan LI
;
Kun FANG
1
;
Min ZHANG
;
Guoping DU
;
Sushu WU
;
Yue SONG
;
Yuanyuan XU
;
Wenjuan YAN
;
You GE
;
Yu JI
;
Pingmin WEI
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Homosexuality, male;
Risk factors;
Cross-sectional studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017;51(7):598-603
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To analyze the influence of growing experience on non-heterosexual orientation among male college students.
Methods:From October to November in 2015, a total of 2 535 male students from 96 classes in 14 colleges/departments were recruited from two colleges that participated in the experimental work of AIDS prevention by cluster random sampling method. A structured questionnaire was administered in this study, including general demographic information, growing experience and Kinsey scale (to evaluate sexual orientation). Out of 2 500 questionnaires distributed in this study, 2 332 effective copies were withdrew, with the effective rate at 93.3%. Chi square test was used to analyze the differences of non-heterosexual orientation among the individuals with different social demographic characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of non-heterosexual orientation.
Results:Among the 2 332 individuals, the proportion of self-reported non-heterosexual was 6.2% (144).The proportions of male students who identify as non-heterosexual from freshman to junior year were 5.2%(63/1216),6.9%(65/941),11.7%(13/111) and 4.7%(3/64), respectively (χ2=9.06,P=0.029). Compared with the individuals of very good relationship with parents, those with bad relationship (OR=3.3, 95%CI: 1.7-6.5) and general relationship (OR=1.7, 95%CI: 1.0-2.9) with parents had a higher risk of non-heterosexual orientation, respectively. Those encountered sexual assault had a higher risk of non-heterosexual orientation than those without encountered sexual assault (OR=5.9, 95%CI: 3.2-10.9).
Conclusions:This study reported a high proportion of self-reported non-heterosexual among college male students in Nanjing, and highlighted the importance of targeting students with poor parental relationships and who subjected to sexually abused.
