Relationships of perceived stress to coping, attachment and social support among HIV-positive persons

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of coping, attachment style and perceived social support to perceived stress within a sample of HIV-positive persons. Participants were 147 HIV-positive persons (80 men and 67 women). Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationships of the demographic variables, AIDS status, three coping styles, three attachment styles and perceived quality of general social support with total score on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). PSS score was significantly associated with less income, greater use of behavioural and emotional disengagement in coping with HIV/AIDS, and less secure and more anxious attachment styles. These results indicate that HIV-positive persons who experience the greatest stress in their daily lives are those with lower incomes, those who disengage behaviourally/emotionally in coping with their illness, and those who approach their interpersonal relationships in a less secure or more anxious style.

Efeito do suporte social na vida de adultos com HIV/AIDS Effect of social support in the lives of adults with HIV/AIDS

“…The characterization of the 33 articles showed that the year of publication ranged 1994-2013, being published in 15 European countries, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] in the United States, 1,24-37 two in Brazil [38][39] and one in Argentina. 40 As the evidence levels, 8 there was the following distribution: an article level II, 31 an article level IV 11 articles level VI.…”

“…40 As the evidence levels, 8 there was the following distribution: an article level II, 31 an article level IV 11 articles level VI. 1,[9][10][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] It was found that most of the findings were derived from cross-sectional and descriptive studies, occurring direct observation of a planned number of people with HIV/ AIDS in a lifetime opportunity, which prevents comparisons of long-term sample characteristics.…”

An experimental study of the psychological impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on highly sensitive persons

“…This scale consists of 14 items, each scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (very often). In studies by Cohen et al (1983) and Koopman, Gore-Felton, Marouf, et al (2000) An example of an item is "I often feel that I should prove myself. "…”

Attachment relationships of preschool-aged children of mothers with HIV and HIV-related psychosis

“…Studies focusing on HIV and attachment are mostly focused on attachment styles of adults with HIV (Feeney & Raphael, 1992;Koopman et al, 2000) or the attachment relationships of HIV-positive children (Dobrova-krol, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Van IJzendoorn, & Juffer, 2010). Only one study could be found on mother-infant attachment relationships where the mothers were HIV positive.…”