TY - JOUR
T1 - An examination of grit in black men who have sex with men and associations with health and social outcomes
AU - Winiker, Abigail K.
AU - Tobin, Karin E.
AU - Davey-Rothwell, Melissa
AU - Latkin, Carl
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the participants of this study and thank the members of the Lighthouse team; Marlesha Whittington, Charles Moore, Denise Mitchell, Tonya Johnson, and Gelores Moore for their dedication and hard work. This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA031030). All research activities were reviewed and approved by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Institutional Review Board.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Aims: This study sought to examine the prevalence and correlates of grit in a sample of Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in Baltimore, Maryland. Methods: A trained research assistant administered the Short-Grit and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scales and surveyed participants of a community-based behavioral health intervention for demographic, health, and sexual behaviors. Results: Of 239 participants, two-thirds scored in the high grit category. A greater proportion of men with high grit demonstrated higher educational attainment, were employed in the prior 6 months, reported very good/excellent health, were human immunodeficiency virus-positive, scored < 16 on the CES-D, and had more friends who were gay. After controlling for other variables, high grit was associated with higher odds of having more friends who are gay and lower odds of alcohol use, unemployment, and a high CES-D score. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that grit could be an important mechanism upon which to focus health and behavioral interventions for BMSM.
AB - Aims: This study sought to examine the prevalence and correlates of grit in a sample of Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in Baltimore, Maryland. Methods: A trained research assistant administered the Short-Grit and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scales and surveyed participants of a community-based behavioral health intervention for demographic, health, and sexual behaviors. Results: Of 239 participants, two-thirds scored in the high grit category. A greater proportion of men with high grit demonstrated higher educational attainment, were employed in the prior 6 months, reported very good/excellent health, were human immunodeficiency virus-positive, scored < 16 on the CES-D, and had more friends who were gay. After controlling for other variables, high grit was associated with higher odds of having more friends who are gay and lower odds of alcohol use, unemployment, and a high CES-D score. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that grit could be an important mechanism upon which to focus health and behavioral interventions for BMSM.
KW - Black men who have sex with men
KW - HIV seropositivity
KW - depression
KW - grit
KW - men who have sex with men
KW - resilience
KW - sexual and gender minorities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062356502&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85062356502&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jcop.22176
DO - 10.1002/jcop.22176
M3 - Article
C2 - 30820988
AN - SCOPUS:85062356502
VL - 47
SP - 1095
EP - 1104
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
SN - 0090-4392
IS - 5
ER -