The psychological well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS and the role of religious coping and social support

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-83

  Dalmida, Safiya ^a   Koenig, Harold ^b,c   Holstad, Marcia ^a   Wirani, Menka ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

depression; HIV AIDS; quality of life; religion; social support; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS COPING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84889768483     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.46.1.e     Document Type: Article

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