VICTIMIZATION, USE OF VIOLENCE, AND DRUG-USE AT SCHOOL AMONG MALE-ADOLESCENTS WHO ENGAGE IN SAME-SEX SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR

Objective: To examine the relationship between the number of male sexu al partners of adolescent males and the frequency of victimization at school, missed school because of fear, used drugs at school, and engag ement of fighting and weapon carrying both in and out of school. Study design: Sexually active male adolescents (N = 3886) in 8th through 12 th grades were administered the 1995 Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Surve y. Results: A total of 8.7% of male adolescents reported one or more m ale sexual partners. Alcohol, marijuana, and smokeless tobacco use at school, not attending school because of fear, having been threatened o r injured with a weapon at school, and weapon carrying at school accou nted for 15.8% of the variation in the number of male sexual partners (p < 0.0001). Suicide attempts, school absence because of fear, cigare tte smoking, alcohol use, and smokeless tobacco use at school, frequen cy of fighting requiring medical treatment, carrying a weapon, and car rying a weapon at school accounted for 17.2% out of 100% of the variat ion in the number of male sexual partners (p less than or equal to 0.0 0001). Conclusion: The number of male sexual partners reported by sexu ally active male adolescents correlated with a higher frequency of vic timization, use of violence, and drug use at school. Frequency of suic ide attempts and fighting outside of school were also correlated with the number of same-sex sexual partners.