TY - JOUR
T1 - The Multiple Stigma Experience and Quality of Life in Older Gay Men With HIV
AU - Slater, Larry Z.
AU - Moneyham, Linda
AU - Vance, David E.
AU - Raper, James L.
AU - Mugavero, Michael J.
AU - Childs, Gwendolyn
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part through an educational GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) grant through the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Older HIV-infected gay men may experience multiple forms of stigma related to sexual orientation (homonegativity), HIV (HIV stigma), and age (ageism), all of which can negatively impact quality of life (QOL). Our purpose was to determine predictors of homonegativity, internalized HIV stigma, and ageism, and stigma experiences that were predictive of QOL. Sixty HIV-infected gay men, ages 50-65 years, participated. Younger age and emotion-focused coping were significantly predictive of homonegativity, accounting for 28% of variance. Younger age, support group participation, medications per day, social support, and emotion-focused coping predicted internalized HIV stigma, accounting for 35% of variance. Problem-focused coping predicted ageism, accounting for 7% of variance. In regression analysis, the three types of stigma accounted for 39% of variance in QOL (homonegativity 19%, internalized HIV stigma 19%, ageism 0.5%). Study findings may help researchers develop interventions to alleviate multiple stigma experiences of HIV-infected older gay men, thus improving QOL.
AB - Older HIV-infected gay men may experience multiple forms of stigma related to sexual orientation (homonegativity), HIV (HIV stigma), and age (ageism), all of which can negatively impact quality of life (QOL). Our purpose was to determine predictors of homonegativity, internalized HIV stigma, and ageism, and stigma experiences that were predictive of QOL. Sixty HIV-infected gay men, ages 50-65 years, participated. Younger age and emotion-focused coping were significantly predictive of homonegativity, accounting for 28% of variance. Younger age, support group participation, medications per day, social support, and emotion-focused coping predicted internalized HIV stigma, accounting for 35% of variance. Problem-focused coping predicted ageism, accounting for 7% of variance. In regression analysis, the three types of stigma accounted for 39% of variance in QOL (homonegativity 19%, internalized HIV stigma 19%, ageism 0.5%). Study findings may help researchers develop interventions to alleviate multiple stigma experiences of HIV-infected older gay men, thus improving QOL.
KW - Aging
KW - Gay
KW - HIV
KW - Quality of life
KW - Stigma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jana.2014.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jana.2014.06.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 25249266
AN - SCOPUS:84922513525
SN - 1055-3290
VL - 26
SP - 24
EP - 35
JO - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
IS - 1
ER -