The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the vulnerability to HIV of rural male youth with regard to their beliefs, sexual attitudes and behaviour. The study took place in the Waterberg, a district of Limpopo in South Africa, and provided insight into and understanding of the youths’ attitudes to and intentions regarding HIV prevention and their perceptions of how they were influenced by the Boys2Men programme. The Theory of Reasoned Action and the Social Constructionist Theory provided a framework for the study. Nine participants between the ages of 19 and 26 were purposefully selected, and data was collected via individual face-to-face and focus group interviews. A number of semi-structured questions were used to guide the study, and data captured from the interviews was analysed by thematic content analysis. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS)

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Young men who commit sexual abuse is a complex topic. This study is based on litterature on the subject and the material is processed through a qualitative content analysis. The study aims to study how the litterature describes the reasons why young men commit sexual abuse. It also aims to explore what is described to be effective treatment of young men who committed sexual abuse.   The study found that most of the young men who commit sexual abuse comes from families where violence and psycohological abuse occurs. Many have themselves been victims of sexual abuse. Futhermore, causes such as low self-esteem, social and emotional loneliness and insecure attachment emerge as a common factor among the offenders. Some current treatment advocates that family, school and peers should be included. Others believe that trauma processing is required before any other treatment can begin, because the boys often have difficult experiences in their past. Others aspects of successful treatement is to show the young offenders respect and understanding. / Unga män som begår sexuella övergrepp är ett komplext område. Denna studie bygger på litteratur kring ämnet och genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys är sedan materialet bearbetat. Syftet med studien är att studera hur litteraturen beskriver orsaker till varför unga män begår sexuella övergrepp. Syftet är också att utforska vad som beskrivs vara verksamt i behandlingen av de unga män som begått sexuella övergrepp.   I studien framkommer att de flesta av de unga män som begår sexuella övergrepp kommer från familjer där våld och psykisk misshandel förekommer. Många har också själva blivit utsatta för sexuella övergrepp. Vidare framkommer orsaker så som dåligt självförtroende, social och emotionell ensamhet samt otrygg anknytning. Gällande behandling förespråkar vissa att familj, skola och kamratgrupp bör inkluderas. Andra menar att traumabearbetning krävs innan annan behandling kan sättas in då pojkarna ofta har upplevt mycket svåra händelser. Andra aspekter av en verksam behandling är att visa den unge respekt och förståelse.

This is a qualitative study that explores the thoughts and experiences of honour culture of young men who have previously been living in a residential care home for unaccompanied children. The data was collected through four semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The social constructionist theory was used together with previous research in order to analyse the results. The results of this study show that the informants highly associate honour culture with women, and therefore feel burdened with the fact that they are expected to guard females both in and outside their own families. Results also show that males are subjected to honour based oppression in different forms. Furthermore, it was found that honour culture is connected to shame and a fear of being ostracized from the family or the community.

M.A. / The Nice Guy Paradox is a provocative perception that is commonly expressed within society and the mass media. According to this perception, nice guys are less successful in their relationships with women than other men. The Nice Guy Paradox causes much frustration and confusion for self-proclaimed nice guys. In addition, the implications of this perception may negatively influence the way in which men relate to women. For instance, the Nice Guy Paradox implies that if men want to be successful with women, they should not be nice guys. In the last 15 years, a few psychological studies have opted to focus on the Nice Guy Paradox. These studies are almost all quantitative in nature. In fact, a literature search only found one small qualitative study devoted to this topic. Most of the existing research on the Nice Guy Paradox attempts to answer the question “Do nice guys really finish last?” in the absence of exploratory research aimed at better understanding this perception. For this reason, most existing research on the Nice Guy Paradox can be argued to be somewhat presumptuous and its usefulness in trying to understand this phenomenon is questionable. In an attempt to compensate for the shortcomings of existing research on the Nice Guy Paradox, this study endeavors to capture the unique experience of this social phenomenon through the utilization of a phenomenological method of inquiry. In this way, this research attempts to yield a fresh and foundational understanding of the Nice Guy Paradox. Three female university students were sourced and interviewed for the purposes of this study. These participants had all had relationship experience, as well as experience of the Nice Guy Paradox at the time of the interviews. In order to obtain optimally rudimentary experiences of the Nice Guy Paradox, open-ended interviews were conducted. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and non-verbal cues were indicated where necessary. These transcriptions constitute the raw data of the study. They were analyzed using a specific phenomenological, stepwise method. The data analysis produced central themes that were discussed in relation to literature findings in order to consolidate their validity and to position the findings of this study in relation to existing theory and research. On the basis of these central themes, an essential structure of the participants’ experiences of the Nice Guy Paradox was synthesized. According to this structure, the nice guys referred to by the Nice Guy Paradox characteristically lack confidence, try too hard to please women and are submissive in relationships. These men are mistreated and rejected by women for the following reasons. Firstly, nice guys allow themselves to be mistreated because of their submissive tendencies. Secondly, relationships with these men are not challenging and exciting. Thirdly, women find nice guy characteristics irritating and frustrating. Fourthly, nice guys lack certain characteristics including dominance, strength, physical attractiveness, confidence, leadership and social status, which women find attractive. Also according to this structure, the Nice Guy Paradox applies more strongly to younger people than older people. In addition, niceness in isolation is a desirable trait in a man. However, the other nice guy characteristics are unattractive to women. This research holds value since it constitutes the first comprehensive phenomenological, insight-orientated study on the Nice Guy Paradox. On the basis of the new understanding that this study yields, recommendations with regard to practical application have been put forward. In addition, suggestions for future research have been provided.

Esta dissertação se insere no emergente campo dos estudos sobre a juventude no Brasil, em articulação com os estudos de gênero e raça. Teve por objetivo realizar um estudo exploratório dos processos de socialização de rapazes negros oriundos de camadas populares da cidade de São Paulo. A pesquisa, de caráter qualitativo, foi realizada ao longo de 2007 e 2008, a partir de entrevistas coletivas com quatorze participantes e de entrevistas individuais com três deles. Inicialmente, buscou-se verificar modulações nas percepções destes sobre a masculinidade e os modos como articulavam concepções acerca das relações de gênero e de raça. Em um segundo momento, tentou-se captar experiências vividas em diferentes âmbitos e como essas se constituíram em aprendizagens singulares para forjar determinados sentidos e significados sobre masculinidade. Do ponto de vista teórico, parte-se da análise das noções de masculinidade, gênero e raça como produções culturais e históricas em constante mutação e que são apreendidas pelos sujeitos ao longo de suas vidas em um processo constante e ininterrupto. Para entender esse processo de aprendizagem a análise se baseou no conceito de socialização desenvolvido por Peter Berger e Thomas Luckmann e no conceito de individuação e suporte de Danilo Martuccelli. Os resultados evidenciam a diversidade de significados que jovens atribuem à ideia de ser homem e ser homem negro, forjados no âmbito de experiências e acessos desiguais a novos scripts e performances que, por um lado, permitem reposicionamentos e a desconstrução de hierarquias e fronteiras que separam homens e mulheres, homens e homens; por outro, permitem maneiras diferenciadas de construção de um pertencimento racial e articulação com a masculinidade. / This dissertation inserts itself in the emergent field of studies about the youth in Brazil, articulated with studies of genre and race. The dissertation had the objective of develop an exploratory study of the socialization process of black boys coming from low income in the city of São Paulo. The research of qualitative character was realized along 2007 and 2008, starting out of collective interviews with fourteen participants and individual interviews with three of them. Initially, it was meant to confer the modulations in their perception of manhood and the way they articulate regarding the relationships between genre and race. In a second phase there was an attempt to capture the experiences in different spheres and how it became a unique apprenticeship to shape some specific senses and meanings about masculinity. From the theoretical point of view, it begins with the analysis of the notions of masculinity, genre and race as cultural and historical productions in constant mutation and is acquired by the subject along their lives in a constant and uninterrupted process. To understand this learning process, the analysis was based upon the socialization concept developed by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann and the individualization concept and support of Danilo Martuccelli. The results evidenced the diversity of meanings that is attributed by the youngsters to the idea of being a man and being a black man , shaped in the sphere of unequal experiences and access to new scripts and performances that, on one side, allows a repositioning and the deconstruction of hierarchies and borders that separate men and women; and on the other side, it allows for different and diversified manners of building up a sense of race self- identification and an articulation with masculinity.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:38:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GERUSA CRISTHINY DA PAIXAO RONCATO.pdf: 1739734 bytes, checksum: e31f127c33ebfe10748de3fa7c77d454 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-14 / Genital infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the sexually transmitted disease most prevalent among the population. The man has represented an important role as virus reservoir and transmitter. Most HPV-infected men are asymptomatic. The HPV infection prevalence in young males is poorly understood and few studies are available. This study aim was to evaluate the HPV prevalence in a group of young adults, ages 18 and 25, male, living in the City of Leopoldo de Bulhões-GO. For viral genome detection, was used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with primers PGMY09/11 Line Blot. Descriptive statistics and their frequencies was performed for the variables related to socio-demographic and behavioral features in the group of asymptomatic men for HPV infection. To investigate the possible associations between related factors and the infection, univariate analysis was performed by chi-square test with Yates correction. The study involved a population of 57 asymptomatic men aged between 18 and 25 years old living in the city of Leopoldo de Bulhões-GO, selected at the Jose Francisco Vargas Health Center. Among the study group behavioral characteristics, 43.9% of subjects were single and 56.1% were married. The individual s age who initiated sexual activity was approximately 15 years old. All subjects were informed about the study and signed a free and clear consent form. The HPV infection prevalence in the study group was 31.6%. HPV infection was significantly associated with marital status and partner s number, in other words, infection was more prevalent among unmarried individuals (56%) who did not have a steady partner (57.1%). As for condom use and early sexual activity, HPV infection was not significantly associated. Our results demonstrate that a man behavioral factor represents a significant risk for HPV infection association / A infecção genital pelo papilomavírus humano (HPV) é considerada a doença sexualmente transmissível de maior prevalência na população mundial. O homem tem apresentado um importante papel como reservatório e o transmissor desse vírus. A maioria dos homens infectados pelo HPV são assintomáticos. A prevalência da infecção pelo HPV em jovens do sexo masculino é pouco conhecida e apenas alguns estudos encontram-se disponíveis. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a prevalência do HPV em um grupo de adultos jovens, com idades entre 18 e 25 anos, do sexo masculino, residentes no Município de Leopoldo de Bulhões-GO. Para a detecção do genoma viral utilizou a reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR), utilizando a técnica com primers PGMY09/11. A estatística descritiva com suas respectivas freqüências foi realizada para as variáveis relativas às características sócio-demográficas, comportamentais no grupo de homens assintomáticos para infecção pelo HPV. Para investigar as possíveis associações entre os fatores relacionados e a infecção realizou-se análise univariada, pelo teste do qui-quadrado com correção de Yates, selecionados no Centro de Saúde José Franscisco Vargas. Dentre as características comportamentais do grupo estudado 43,9% dos indivíduos eram solteiros e 56,1% eram casados. A idade de início da atividade sexual foi de aproximadamente 15 anos. Todos os indivíduos foram informados sobre o estudo e assinaram o termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido. A prevalência da infecção pelo HPV no grupo estudado foi de 31,6%. A infecção pelo HPV esteve significativamente associada ao estado civil e ao número de parceiras, ou seja, a infecção foi mais prevalente nos indivíduos solteiros (56%) e que não apresentaram parceira fixa (57,1%). Quanto ao uso do preservativo e o início da atividade sexual a infecção pelo HPV não esteve significativamente associada. Nossos resultados demonstraram que fatores comportamentais do homem representam uma associação com risco significativo para a infecção pelo HPV

Each year thousands of Latter-day Saint males return to their homes after serving a two year religious mission. According to Latter-day Saint doctrine and cultural beliefs, these young men are expected to resume a normal life including dating and involvement in romantic relationships. Research and Latter-day Saint doctrine related to the dating behavior of returned missionaries (RMs) is reviewed. Most previous research has emphasized the quantitative analysis of single aspects of RMs dating behavior such as dating frequency and social status. In an attempt to add to this field of research, this qualitative analysis explored the attitudes and experiences of a group of recently returned male missionaries as they described their own process of returning to dating and seeking romantic relationships. The returned missionaries in the sample reported having four main desires or objectives related to their courtship. These were the desire to: 1) feel personally prepared for marriage, 2) avoid rejection and disappointing relationships, 3) be involved in romantic relationships/marriage, and 4) obey gospel doctrine regarding the appropriate timing of marriage. Because these desires were sometimes in opposition with each other, participants were compelled to continually prioritize their desires according to which they felt were the most important at the time. Participants incorporated various dating strategies in an effort to find a dating style which would allow them to manage their desires in a way that those desires which were most important to them were fulfilled most and those which were least important were fulfilled less. Conditions including family of origin, past dating experience, missions, interpretation of LDS marriage doctrine were found to influence the development of desires of participants. Similarly, the context of the RMs current feelings, beliefs, and attitudes regarding dating and marriage impacted what desires they had, which desires they prioritized the most, and finally which dating approach they used to manage their desires. Based on the current analysis, a model illustrating the process RMs experience as they become involved in dating is proposed and discussed. This model depicts the relationships between the conditions which influence the RMs courtship desires, the dating behavior they use to manage their desires, and the outcomes of their behavior.

Youth involved in the criminal justice system exhibit elevated rates of sexual risk behavior (SRB), placing them at high risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other deleterious outcomes. High levels of youth-maternal connectedness have been shown to act as a protective factor for SRB in nationally representative studies and in studies with primarily White youth samples. However, there are mixed findings in the research literature on the association of maternal connectedness and SRB among African American and Latino youth, a population who are disproportionately over-represented in the criminal justice system. Additionally, no studies to date have examined the role of maternal connectedness in SRB among justice-involved youth. This dissertation used archived data to determine if maternal connectedness can buffer against the negative effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on SRB among justice-involved youth. A secondary aim was to explore the prevalence of ACEs among youth in the sample, including several new ACE items that focus on adversity occurring outside the home. Participants (N=263) were sentenced or detained adolescent males at a large correctional facility in New York City, aged 16-18 and predominantly African American and Latino. Data were collected from the baseline interview of an intervention study conducted from 2009-2010. Youth participated in an individually administered, computer-based survey covering a range of topics, such as sexual health history, family relationships, substance use, and exposure to adverse events. Consistent with the literature, our sample of detained youth reported a high degree of SRB and a significant number of adverse experiences. Logistic regression analysis found that total ACE scores do not predict risky sexual behavior, even when controlling for maternal connectedness, substance use, age, and number of days incarcerated/detained. However, every participant endorsed exposure to at least 2 ACEs and 92% endorsed exposure to 4 or more, suggesting that the restriction in range may have obfuscated a relationship between total ACE scores and sexual risk-taking. The new ACE items, including poverty, racial discrimination, and neighborhood violence were prevalent. Additionally, several of the individual ACE items, including physical abuse, emotional abuse, and racial discrimination were independently associated with sexual risk outcomes. Maternal connectedness was negatively correlated with one type of risky sexual behavior—frequency of substance use during sex. Maternal connectedness and total ACE scores were, as predicted, negatively correlated. These findings suggest that our sample of incarcerated youth have experienced such a profound degree of adversity and trauma that perhaps ACE scores alone cannot adequately predict their engagement in risky sex. The fact that so many of the adolescents in the study endorsed the new ACE items also provides strong support for dissemination of the revised ACE inventory. This study highlights the need for greater research on risk and protective factors influencing adolescent SRB, as well as psychosocial correlates of ACEs among at-risk youth. Furthermore, given the syndemic nature of SRB and high prevalence of STIs, HIV, and ACEs in urban communities of color, future research should consider a more comprehensive and integrative approach to preventing both childhood adversity and unwanted sexual risk outcomes. Directions for future research and clinical implications are discussed.

Thesis (M. Div.)--Emmanuel School of Religion, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-119).