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Comparative Study
. 2000 Jul;79(1):131-42.
doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.79.1.131.

Coping and physical health during caregiving: the roles of positive and negative affect

D W Billings  1 , S Folkman, M Acree, J T Moskowitz
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Comparative Study

Coping and physical health during caregiving: the roles of positive and negative affect

D W Billings et al. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2000 Jul.

Abstract

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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