Sexual behavior as a function of stigma and coping with stigma among people with HIV/AIDS in rural New England

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2330-2339

  Varni, Susan E ^a   Miller, Carol T ^a   Solomon, Sondra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Coping; HIV AIDS stigma; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868582609     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0239-5     Document Type: Article

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