OBJECTIVE: An enhanced stress and coping model was used to explain depression among HIV-positive women in healthcare and community settings where highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) was commonplace. METHOD: HIV-infected women in four cities (N=978) were assessed, cross-sectionally, for mental and physical health, stress, social support, and other background factors. RESULTS: Self-reported level of depressive symptomatology was high. Number of physical symptoms, illness intrusiveness, and perceived stress were positively associated with depressed mood, while coping self-efficacy and social support were negatively associated. Stress mediated the effect of health status on depression and coping self-efficacy mediated the effect of psychosocial resources on depression. Our enhanced stress and coping model accounted for 52% of variance in depressive symtpomatology. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions focused on improving coping self-efficacy, bolstering social supports, and decreasing stress in the lives of HIV-positive women may help to reduce the negative effects of HIV disease on mood.
Depressive symptomatology among HIV-positive women in the era of HAART: a stress and coping model. Publishing Authors By Initials
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr
Journal: American journal of community psychology
VOLUME: 38
Page Numbers: 275-85
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ISSN: 0091-0562
DAY: 3
MONTH: Dec
YEAR: 2006
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LANGUAGE: eng
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KEYWORDS: United States
MESH TERMS: epidemiology
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AFFILIATION: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA. rhr1@columbia.edu
Country: United States
AGENCY: United States NIMH
GRANT: U10-MH57636
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MEDLINETA: Am J Community Psychol
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