Racial differences in social support and mental health in men with HIV infection: A pilot study

Autor:	J. Wan, R. E. D. Whitaker, D. G. Ostrow, E. Fisher, C. Frank, C. Cohen, K. Frasier
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Adult Male Coping (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Social Psychology HIV Infections Pilot Projects Human sexuality White People Social support Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Outpatient clinic Psychiatry business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Homosexuality medicine.disease Mental health Black or African American Psychological well-being Quality of Life Bisexuality business Psychosocial
Zdroj:	AIDS Care. 3:55-62
ISSN:	1360-0451 0954-0121
Popis:	The mediating role of social support in the mental health and behaviours of persons coping with life-threatening chronic illness is of potentially great importance in determining the quality of life of persons with HIV infection (PWHs). As part of a biracial pilot study of the ways black and white men manage the stresses of sexually acquired HIV infection, we have examined the relationship between social support and mental health and behaviours. Forty homosexual/bisexual men (20 white and 20 black) attending a Detroit hospital-based HIV outpatient clinic were recruited for the study and underwent physical and mental health (HSCL-59 and NIMH DIS interview), behavioural and psychosocial evaluations, and a neuropsychologic screening test battery. The black and white men did not differ in terms of age, education, sexual behaviours, physical or mental health status. However, the black men were less likely to be open about their sexuality to their primary social support network, and to report that their social support was less affirmative than did the white men. When correlations between the six-dimensional social support measures (WortmanO'Brien, 1987) and HSC-L distress scores were examined, both availability of material social support and affirmation were correlated negatively with distress among the white men but positively among the black men. Similarly, the previously observed positive relationship between perceived adequacy of social support and adoption of safer sexual practices was observed among white but not black participants.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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