Navigating intimate sexual partnerships in an era of HIV: dimensions of couple relationship quality and satisfaction among adults in Eswatini and linkages to HIV risk
| Autor: | Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane, Pamela J. Surkan, Alfred Adams, Edward C. Green, Amy Nunn, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Allison Ruark |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject Sexual Behavior Intimate Partner Violence Context (language use) HIV Infections Personal Satisfaction Hiv risk Article Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult couple communication 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Honesty medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Quality (business) Interpersonal Relations concurrency 030212 general & internal medicine Marriage multiple sexual partnerships Spouses media_common 030505 public health Multiple sexual partnerships sexual satisfaction love respect lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Focus Groups medicine.disease Focus group Infectious Diseases Salient Emic and etic Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology Eswatini |
| Zdroj: | SAHARA-J, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 10-24 (2019) SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS; Vol. 16 No. 1 (2019); 10-24 SAHARA J : Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance |
| ISSN: | 1813-4424 1729-0376 |
| Popis: | Couple relationship functioning impacts individual health and well-being, including HIV risk, but scant research has focused on emic understandings of relationship quality in African populations. We explored relationship quality and satisfaction in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) using data from 148 in-depth interviews (117 life-course interviews with 28 adults and 31 interviews with 29 marriage counselors and their clients) and 4 focus group discussions. Love, respect, honesty, trust, communication, sexual satisfaction, and sexual faithfulness emerged as the most salient characteristics of good relationships, with both men and women emphasising love and respect as being most important. Participants desired relationships characterised by such qualities but reported relationship threats in the areas of trust, honesty, and sexual faithfulness. The dimensions of relationship quality identified by this study are consistent with research from other contexts, suggesting cross-cultural similarities in conceptions of a good relationship. Some relationship constructs, particularly respect, may be more salient in a Swazi context. |
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