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Document 2147
DOCN M94A2147
TI Individual and community responses to loss: coping with HIV and AIDS
grief.
DT 9412
AU Braybrook T; French J; Kippax S; National Centre for HIV Social
Research, Macquarie University,; NSW, Australia.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):370 (abstract no. PD0085). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370428
AB OBJECTIVE: The objective of the research is to document the responses of
individuals to the increasing number of deaths to AIDS among friends,
lovers and family members. METHOD: 419 readers of the largest
circulation (over 21,000) gay community newspaper in Australia completed
a self-report questionnaire published on two occasions (one month apart)
in late 1993. Questions concerned loss; responses to loss; self
assessment of coping with loss; demographic and biographical details.
Respondents were also invited to 'tell their own story' of loss.
Descriptive statistics were used to examine the relationships between
degree of loss and responses to and coping with loss. RESULTS: The
respondents were predominantly well educated (68% tertiary trained) gay
men (76%), aged between 30 and 49 years (72%). 26% were HIV seropositive
and 46% were involved in either voluntary (31%) or paid (15%)
AIDS-related work. Only 9% of the respondents had never experienced AIDS
loss. In the 6 months prior to the survey, over 50% of respondents had
lost one or more friends. Over 80% currently have seropositive friends
and 42% of the sample were caring for friends who were ill. Responses to
loss varied from community-based candlelight rallies (62%) to personal
responses such as talking to a trusted friend (83%). 68% of the sample
reported coping very well in general or most of the time with their
loss; 31% that they were overwhelmed by it most or some of the time.
Being overwhelmed was related to a range of variables, both AIDS
community based and individual, in particular to the degree of loss and
closeness of the experience. Two stories of loss illustrate coping
responses.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PSYCHOLOGY *Adaptation,
Psychological Adult *Attitude to Death *Grief Homosexuality Human
HIV Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY Male Middle Age MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).