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Document 0365
DOCN M9650365
TI Psychosocial outcomes of HIV illness in male and female African American
clients.
DT 9605
AU Linn JG; Poku KA; Cain VA; Holzapfel KM; Crawford DF; Tennessee State
University, Murfreesboro, USA.
SO Soc Work Health Care. 1995;21(3):43-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96131845
AB With the rapid growth of HIV infection among African Americans, the
issue of how medical problems relate to psychological functioning in the
black community population has acquired new meaning and urgency for
health care policy. To develop effective strategies to meet the mental
health needs of infected African Americans we need a better
understanding of the pattern of Association between HIV and
psychological distress. The objective of this study is to test several
hypotheses that predict depression and anxiety in black adults infected
with HIV. Our conceptual model is derived from learned helplessness
theory (Seligman, 1975), the concept of perceived coherence (Antonovsky,
1980; Lewis & Gallison, 1989), and social support theory (Cohen &
Willis, 1985). Instruments used in the study include: The Center for
Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale (Radloff, 1977), the
Anxiety Scale (Lewis, Firsich, and Parsell, 1979), and the Perceived
Coherence Scale (Lewis, 1989). Data were obtained from 255 HIV infected
black males and females (age > or = 18) who sought support, counseling,
and maintenance services from one of three HIV care and referral centers
in the Mid-South. The results of the study emphasize the relative
importance of perceived physical symptoms over stage of illness for
psychological functioning among African American adults with HIV.
Further, the findings also demonstrate the potential importance of
perceived coherence for psychological functioning. Black clients who
reported higher perceived coherence, regardless of the stage of illness
or level of HIV symptoms, had lower anxiety and depression. Significant
gender differences in depression are also observed and implications are
drawn for strategies to address HIV related mental health care needs of
African Americans.
DE *Adaptation, Psychological Adolescence Adult Anxiety/PSYCHOLOGY
Blacks/*PSYCHOLOGY Counseling Depression/PSYCHOLOGY Female
Helplessness, Learned Human HIV Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY Male *Sick
Role Social Support Social Work Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL
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SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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