Does Social Support Play a Role in the Expression and Everyday Functioning Impact of Apathy in HIV Disease?

Autor: Sober J; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA., Woods SP; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. spwoods@uh.edu.; 3695 Cullen Blvd, 126 Heyne Building, Suite 239D, Houston, TX, 77004-5022, USA. spwoods@uh.edu., Webber TA; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.; Psychology Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA., Thompson Kamar JL; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.; West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Beltran-Najera I; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA., Gomez EM; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: AIDS and behavior [AIDS Behav] 2024 Oct; Vol. 28 (10), pp. 3238-3248. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 21.
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04424-w
Abstrakt: Clinically notable apathy occurs in approximately one-third of persons living with HIV (PLWH). Drawing from psychological theory, this cross-sectional study examined the interplay between apathy and social support in persons with (n = 143) and without (n = 61) HIV disease. Analyses were conducted using multiple regression and mediation procedures with 95th percentile bootstrap confidence intervals. Positive HIV serostatus and lower social support were associated with more frequent apathy, independent of other mood symptoms. Social support did not moderate apathy's associations with everyday functioning among PLWH, but post hoc analyses revealed that apathy mediated the relationship between social support and everyday functioning among PLWH. Stronger social support may provide a buffer against the frequency of apathy symptoms in persons with and without HIV disease. The relationship between lower social support and poorer everyday functioning in HIV might be partly explained by apathy. Longitudinal research is needed to examine the mechanisms of these relationships.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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