Avoidance as a predictor of the biological course of HIV infection over a 7-year period in gay men.

Mulder, Cornelis L.; Vroome, E.M.M. de; Griensven, Frits van; Antoni, Michael H.; Sandfort, Theo

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“…Emotionoriented coping, for instance, has been found to be positively related to various health outcomes, such as depression, anxiety, disease progression, and poor recovery from illnesses in diverse populations (Ben-Zur, Gilbar, & Lev, 2001;Blaney et al, 1997;Cosway, Endler, Sadler, & Deary, 2000;Courbasson, Endler, & Kocovski, 2002;Drossman et al, 2000;Endler & Parker, 1994;Higgins & Endler, 1995;Mulder, de Vroome, van Griensven, Antoni, & Sandfort, 1999;Nolen-Hoeksema, 2001;Penedo et al, 2001;Zea, Reisen, & Poppen, 1999). Differential coping styles are usually also seen as contributing to health disparities between men and women (Nolen-Hoeksema & Rusting, 1999;Rosenfield, 1999;Sigmon, Stanton, & Snyder, 1995).…”

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Coping Styles as Mediator of Sexual Orientation-Related Health Differences

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The higher prevalence of health problems in homosexual compared to heterosexual populations is usually understood as a consequence of minority stress. We hypothesized that differential rates of health problems also could result from sexual orientation-related differences in coping styles. We explored this using data collected in a general population-based study (N = 9684) via face-to-face interviews. A higher prevalence of both mental and physical health problems, as assessed with individual questions, the GHQ-12, and checklists, was observed in homosexual compared to heterosexual men and women. Coping style was related to sexual orientation in men, but not in women. Compared to heterosexual men, homosexual men more strongly applied emotion-oriented and avoidance coping strategies. Emotion-oriented coping mediated the differences in mental and physical health between heterosexual and homosexual men. Findings suggest the importance of further exploration of the development and use of emotionoriented and avoidance coping by homosexual men.

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“…Greenwood and colleagues (1996a) found that denial decreased distress in the face of declining CD4 count. Most recently Mulder et al (1999) found that avoidant coping was related to lower rates of decline in CD4 cell count, lower likelihood of developing a synctium-inducing HIV variant, and lower likelihood of developing immunologically defined AIDS (CD4 cells dropping below 200) over a seven-year period. In the current investigation, we have found a positive relationship between Avoidant Coping of family members of HIV + mothers and the family members' feeling of adequacy.…”

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“…After controlling for resources, different coping responses may be associated with divergent psychosocial outcomes. In HIV research, it has been suggested that avoidant coping may indeed be adaptive in some cases (Antoni et al, 1990;Greenwood et al, 1996a;Mulder et al, 1999).Clearly, the stress process model described above is intended to apply generally, and thus is expected to apply both to the HIV + African American women as well as to their family members. In this study, we investigate the interrelationship between the stress process of the woman and the stress process of her family members.…”

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Interdependence of Stress Processes Among African American Family Members: Influence of HIV Serostatus and a New Infant

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Szapocznik

2002

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This study makes a theoretical contribution to stress process research by using a systemic approach to contextualize individual outcomes within the framework of other family members' experience. Utilizing a mixed model approach, indicators of the stress process of urban low-income HIV + African American recent mothers were found to affect the psychological distress and perceived adequacy of coping of multiple other family members. These relationships were found to be strongest proximal to birth and to be exacerbated by HIV infection. Social support to the mother was found to have differential effects depending on whether it was from the immediate family or outside sources. HIV infection of the recent mother was found to affect family members both through relationships of the mother's stress process and through their own coping responses. KeywordsStress process; Systemic process; Family; HIV; Multi-level data; Social support; Coping responses A growing movement in psychology is concerned with the influence of context on human functioning (Szapocznik and Kurtines, 1993). One of the most important units of social context is the family (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). The current study investigated the influence of HIV + African American women who had recently given birth, on their family members. The study demonstrates a strategy to represent family systemic influences using individual level data. Multi-level modeling is used to integrate individual information on family members in a way that permits the identification of the effect of a recent mother's experience on her family members' psychological outcomes.This study makes a theoretical contribution to stress process research by using a systemic approach to contextualize individual outcomes within the framework of other family members' experience. A system comprises parts that are interdependent or interrelated (Szapocznik and Kurtines, 1989). In human systems, interdependence is clear with persons being responsive to each other's behaviors. A major aspect of a human system is the interactive nature of behaviors and experiences of its members. That is, each individual's experience is quite different from what it would be if it were possible for the individual to live in isolation. The family is one type of system in which individual members of the system are clearly interdependent and interrelated.The current study focused on HIV + urban low-income African American women and their families because this population has extremely high rates of HIV infection, well beyond their * Corresponding author. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptPsychol Health. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2006 April 11. Published in final edited form as:Psychol Health. 2002 ; 17(3): 339-363. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscriptproportion in the general population (CDC, 1999). Women at highest risk, like the women in the current study, are predominately of childbearing age (Miles, et al., 1997), with a majority having children under the age of 18 (Kot...

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“…Coping processes can affect the amount of distress experienced by those who learn they are HIV positive, and psychological interventions can reduce their distress. Avoidance coping, such as denying reality or clinging to illusory hope, is associated with high levels of CD4+ Cells [21].…”

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Imperatives of Health Psychologist in the Control and Management of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Olowolabi²,

Adeleke³

2014

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The paper studied the imperatives of health psychologists in the control and management of HIV/ AIDS. HIV/AIDS is a relatively new disease, but has caused more deaths than any other disease in human history, and there is no known cure yet. Even though, HIV/AIDS is a death sentence, experts agreed that early detection, and early commencement of treatment may prolong the life of the patients, and that early detection may prevent or reduce the transmission of the virus. Early detection, commencement of treatment, and compliance with medical advice are the responsibilities of the health psychologist. This paper therefore, concludes that health psychologist is indispensable in effective control, and management of HIV/AIDS, and so recommends that awareness be created on the roles of health psychologists in this regard, through health education.

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Avoidance as a predictor of the biological course of HIV infection over a 7-year period in gay men.

Cited by 33 publications

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Coping Styles as Mediator of Sexual Orientation-Related Health Differences

Coping Styles as Mediator of Sexual Orientation-Related Health Differences

Interdependence of Stress Processes Among African American Family Members: Influence of HIV Serostatus and a New Infant

Imperatives of Health Psychologist in the Control and Management of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

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