DISTRESS AND COPING AMONG WOMEN WITH HIV INFECTION: Preliminary Findings from a Multiethnic Sample

In a multiethnic sample of 53 women with HIV/AIDS, nearly 40% reported clinically significant levels of depressive symptomatology and anxiety. Compared to a nonpatient norm, distress levels were higher among the Latina, African-American, and white women who made up the HIV sample. Prayer and redisco...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1997-01, Vol.67 (1), p.80-91
Main Authors: Kaplan, Mark S, Marks, Gary, Mertens, Steven B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS/HIV
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - ethnology
Biological and medical sciences
Black People
Comorbidity
Coping
Coping Behavior
Coping strategies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression (Psychology)
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - ethnology
Distress
Emotional distress
Emotions
Ethnic differences
Ethnic Groups
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hispanic Americans
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - ethnology
Human
Human Females
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Illness and personality
Illness, stress and coping
Latinos/Latinas
Loneliness
Midwestern United States
Prayer
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Psychological aspects
Psychological Distress
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Racial Differences
Religion and Psychology
Sampling Studies
USA
White People
Whites
Women
Women's health
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Summary:In a multiethnic sample of 53 women with HIV/AIDS, nearly 40% reported clinically significant levels of depressive symptomatology and anxiety. Compared to a nonpatient norm, distress levels were higher among the Latina, African-American, and white women who made up the HIV sample. Prayer and rediscovery of self were their most frequent coping responses, suggesting that clinicians working with HIV/AIDS populations not overlook the importance of spiritual faith and practices in adapting to HIV infection.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0080213