Changes in Cognitive Coping Skills and Social Support During Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Intervention and Distress Outcomes in Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Seropositive Gay Men

Abstract

These results suggest that cognitive coping and social support factors can be modified by psychosocial interventions and may be important determinants of the changes in psychological well-being and quality of life during symptomatic HIV infection that can be achieved through this form of intervention.

Cognitive–Behavioral Stress Management Interventions for Persons Living with HIV: A Review and Critique of the Literature

“…For instance, comparing a stress management program that also included HAART adherence training to an intervention focusing exclusively on medication adherence, Carrico et al [27] found no changes in levels of acceptance, positive reinterpretation, and behavioral disengagement but reported a significant change in use of denial coping among those in the combined treatment group. In contrast, Lutgendorf et al [41] found changes in positive reframing, social support coping, active coping, and acceptance coping but no changes in the use of denial coping. In sum, no consistent pattern of findings emerged with regard to the impact of stress management interventions on various dimensions of coping among HIV-infected patients.…”

“…However, only 38% of studies examined changes in coping approaches as core study outcomes [27,28,[31][32][33][40][41][42][43]. In addition, there was little consistency in the way in which coping was measured across studies.…”

“…As a result, a number of the stress management interventions included modules to improve participants' utilization of social support networks as an additional coping strategy. Eight studies (38%) measured outcomes of overall social support level and support network satisfaction [26,[28][29][30][31]33,40,41,51]. Two studies noted that participants in the group stress management condition reported enhanced levels of social support in comparison to control group participants [29,30,41].…”

“…Eight studies (38%) measured outcomes of overall social support level and support network satisfaction [26,[28][29][30][31]33,40,41,51]. Two studies noted that participants in the group stress management condition reported enhanced levels of social support in comparison to control group participants [29,30,41]. Three studies that measured multiple dimensions of social support found that participants receiving the stress management intervention improved across some but not all of the social support dimensions [28,40,51].…”

Avaliação de Treino de Controle do Stress para Mães de Crianças com Transtornos do Espectro Autista

“…De acordo com Lipp e Malagris (2011) a abordagem psicoterapêutica cognitivo-comportamental para o controle do stress possibilita não só a reestruturação cognitiva, ou seja, uma forma mais realista e adaptativa de entender as situações vivenciadas, como também ampliação do repertório comportamental e emocional para o manejo funcional dos estressores. Em concordância à proposição das autoras, o manejo psicológico do stress excessivo tem sido testado, em diversas populações clínicas e não clínicas, há décadas, em pesquisas internacionais (Antoni et al, 2009;Bougea, Darviri, & Alexopoulos, 2011;Keypour, Arman, & Maracy, 2011;Lutgendorf et al, 1998;Steinmetz, Kaplan, & Miller, 1982). No Brasil, diferentes intervenções com populações diversas de variadas faixas etárias vêm sendo conduzidas por vários autores que obtêm êxito utilizando o Treino de Controle do Stress (TCS) de Lipp (1984;Lipp & Malagris, 2011).…”