A Multilevel Mediation Model of Stress and Coping for Women with HIV and Their Families

Family Process

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-529

  Brincks, Ahnalee M ^a   Feaster, Daniel J ^a   Mitrani, Victoria B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Family; HIV; Multilevel Mediation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649426912     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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