Objective: To understand the prevalence of dating violence experienced by gay men in Guangzhou. Methods: A self-report surveys were collected and analyzed from 510 gay men and 510 heterosexual males. Respondents were assessed with the self-made social demographic information questionnaire, Dating Violence Questionnaire (DVQ). DVQ included three parts which were five types of violence (controlling, emotional, security threatening, physical and sexual violence), whether they were threatened of disclosure of their sexual orientation to the public ("outing") and whether they had seek for help from other individuals or organizations after the violence as stated above. Results: The rate of reported at least one type of dating violence in gay men was 34.5％. Controlling for age, education, place of household registration etc., in logistic regression models, gay men were 5.08 times (95％ CI: 3.54——7.29) more likely to report any type of dating violence comparing to male heterosexual males. And 12.6％ gay men experienced the threat of being outed. Among those gay men who experienced dating violence, 85.2％ of them did not seek any help from anyone or any organization. Conclusion: Overall, the prevalence of dating violence among gay men is higher than that of heterosexual males. It is necessary to have targeted interventions for dating violence among gay men.%目的:了解广州市男同性恋人群约会暴力的发生情况.方法:选取男同性恋者510名和男异性恋者510名.使用自编社会人口学资料调查表、约会暴力问卷(DVQ)进行调查,DVQ包括5种暴力类型(控制、情感、安全威胁、躯体、性)及男同性恋者是否曾被他人威胁以公开其性取向、在遭遇暴力后是否有告诉其他人或其他机构3部分.结果:34.5％的男同性恋者遭遇了至少一种暴力.控制了年龄、户籍、受教育程度等因素后,男同性恋者遭遇约会暴力的可能性是男异性恋者的5.08倍(95％CI: 3.54～ 7.29).12.6％男同性恋者曾经被人威胁要向其身边亲友公开其性取向.在遭遇过约会暴力的男同性恋者中,从未向他人或相关机构求助者占85.2％.结论:男同性恋人群的约会暴力发生率高于异性恋男性,需要对男同性恋人群的约会暴力进行针对性干预.
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