Abstract
Data collected as part of a psychosocial study of gay and bisexual men's experiences of living with HIV infection as a chronic illness were examined to investigate the psychological impact of the perceived availability of illness-related support and negative illness-related network interactions in a sample of men from this population. The sample was comprised of 144 HIV-infected non-Hispanic white, African American, and Puerto Rican men living in the New York City metropolitan area. Analyses found evidence of a conjoint (interactive) effect between perceived support and negative network interactions. There was no evidence of either perceived availability of illness-related network support buffering or negative illness-related network interactions amplifying the effect of HIV/AIDS-related physical symptomatology on depressive symptomatology.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 395-420 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | American journal of community psychology |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- Depressive symptomatology
- Gay men
- HIV/AIDS
- Social support
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Applied Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health