The association of benefit finding to psychosocial and health behavior adaptation among HIV+ men and women

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-155

  Littlewood, Rae A ^a   Vanable, Peter A ^a   Carey, Michael P ^a   Blair, Donald C ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit finding; Depression; HIV; Medication adherence; Physical activity; Social support; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 43049116817     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-007-9142-3     Document Type: Article

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