“…Other studies have found that certain coping behaviors are associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms among HIV + individuals both cross-sectionally (Commerford, Gular, Orr, Resniko & O'Dowd, 1994;Fleishman & Fogel, 1994;Fukunishi et al, 1997;Leserman, Perkins & Evans, 1992) and prospectively (Fleishman & Fogel, 1994;Vedhara & Nott, 1996). Although stress moderation has not been directly tested, several studies have found that various coping styles are associated with less severe depressive reactions during acute stressors such as natural disasters (Benight et al, 1997), bereavement (Folkman, Chesney, Collette, Boccellari & Cooke, 1996), and seropositivity noti®-cation (Lutgendorf et al, 1997). However, there is also evidence that stress can adversely aect coping behaviors among HIV + individuals (Folkman, Chesney, Pollack & Coates, 1993) raising the possibility of bidirectional in¯uences.…”