TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping and physical health during caregiving
T2 - The roles of positive and negative affect
AU - Billings, Douglas W.
AU - Folkman, Susan
AU - Acree, Michael
AU - Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie
PY - 2000/7
Y1 - 2000/7
N2 - The associations among coping, mood, and health variables were examined prospectively over 2 years in 86 HIV positive (HIV+) and 167 HIV negative (HIV-) gay men undergoing the stress of AIDS-related caregiving. Path models suggested that including both positive and negative mood and the men's associated coping strategies increases understanding of why some people suffer adverse health effects during times of stress. Among the HIV-caregivers, higher levels of social coping predicted increases in positive affect, which in turn resulted in lower levels of physical symptoms. In contrast, higher levels of cognitive avoidance predicted increases in negative affect, which in turn resulted in higher levels of physical symptoms. Self-injurious forms of avoidance coping predicted higher levels of physical symptoms independent of mood among the HIV+ caregivers.
AB - The associations among coping, mood, and health variables were examined prospectively over 2 years in 86 HIV positive (HIV+) and 167 HIV negative (HIV-) gay men undergoing the stress of AIDS-related caregiving. Path models suggested that including both positive and negative mood and the men's associated coping strategies increases understanding of why some people suffer adverse health effects during times of stress. Among the HIV-caregivers, higher levels of social coping predicted increases in positive affect, which in turn resulted in lower levels of physical symptoms. In contrast, higher levels of cognitive avoidance predicted increases in negative affect, which in turn resulted in higher levels of physical symptoms. Self-injurious forms of avoidance coping predicted higher levels of physical symptoms independent of mood among the HIV+ caregivers.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-3514.79.1.131
DO - 10.1037/0022-3514.79.1.131
M3 - Article
C2 - 10909883
AN - SCOPUS:0034218486
SN - 0022-3514
VL - 79
SP - 131
EP - 142
JO - Journal of personality and social psychology
JF - Journal of personality and social psychology
IS - 1
ER -