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Montclair State University

2020

Women

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The Influence Of Heteronormativity On Sexual Health Disparities In Queer And Heterosexual Women, Jacqueline Bible May 2020

The Influence Of Heteronormativity On Sexual Health Disparities In Queer And Heterosexual Women, Jacqueline Bible

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This research focuses on identifying how heteronormativity moderates links between individual and interpersonal processes (i.e., communication self-efficacy, safe sex behaviors) that influence comprehensive sexual health (CSH) disparities among queer and heterosexual cisgender women. The World Health Organization (2019) defines CSH as well-being across physical, emotional, and social domains; yet, the extant literature often fails to consider determinants of, or disparities in, CSH. The first aim was to validate a measure of CSH and test its validity across online survey samples of queer and heterosexual women (N = 246) using a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis in MPLUS. Data fit the model …