The Relationships Between Number of Male Sexual Partners of Male Adolescents, Victimization, Use of Violence, and Drug Use at School, and Other Violence and Victimization • 6

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between the number of male sexual partners of sexually active males and the frequency they had been a victim of violence at school, missed school due to fear, used drugs at school, and had engaged in fighting and weapon carrying both in and out of school.

DESIGN: Sexually active males (N=3,886) in 8th - 12th grades in both public and private schools were administered an anonymous self-administered 91-item questionnaire. The sample represented 60.8% of all sexually active students enrolled in school in Vermont. Students were asked. During your life, with how many males have you had sexual intercourse? Responses ranged from never to 6 or more males on a 7-point scale. Data were analyzed with Spearman correlation coefficients (r) followed by multiple regression analysis.

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