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Stress-Related Growth Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Examination of an Explanatory Model

verfasst von: Karolynn Siegel, Eric W. Schrimshaw, Sheindy Pretter

Erschienen in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Ausgabe 5/2005

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Abstract

Despite the increasing interest in the perceived benefits or growth resulting from stress and illness, there has been little investigation of the correlates of this stress-related growth, particularly among HIV-infected individuals. Following the Schaefer and Moos model (1992;1998), the association of affective states, coping, stressor characteristics, individual resources, and social resources with stress-related growth was examined among 138 women living with HIV/AIDS. Most women (63%) reported high levels of growth. Multivariate analyses revealed that positive reappraisal coping, and emotional support were associated with higher levels of growth, and depressive affect was negatively associated with growth. In addition, African American women reported more stress-related growth than that reported by White women. Stressor characteristics (i.e., disease stage, number of physical symptoms, and time since HIV diagnosis), self-esteem, perceived control, practical support, and positive affect were not associated with growth. These findings suggest that stress-related growth is more than positive reappraisal and the absence of negative affect, and that social resources may facilitate greater growth.

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Titel: Stress-Related Growth Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Examination of an Explanatory Model
verfasst von: Karolynn Siegel
Eric W. Schrimshaw
Sheindy Pretter
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2005
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Ausgabe 5/2005
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-005-9015-6

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