TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnicity, Emotional Distress, Stress-Related Disruption, and Coping among HIV Seropositive Gay Males
AU - Ceballos-Capitaine, Alicia
AU - Szapocznik, Jose
AU - Blaney, Nancy T.
AU - Morgan, Robert O.
AU - Millon, Carrie
AU - Eisdorfer, Carl
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1990/5
Y1 - 1990/5
N2 - Differences in psychosocial factors that impact immune function and which, therefore, are relevant to HIV infection have been reported between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in the cross-cultural literature. To determine whether there were differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white HIV-seropositive homosexual males on life stressors, coping style, social support, and emotional distress, a sample (Hispanics = 27, non-Hispanic whites = 49) of participants in a five-year longitudinal study of HIV disease progression was assessed on relevant measures. Hispanics in this sample were not found to evidence psychosocial deficits as compared to non-Hispanic whites. Although not more stressed overall, Hispanics reportedhigher severity of stress on daily interactions related to their homosexual lifestyle than did their non-Hispanic white counterparts. Level ofacculturation isproposedas apossible explanation forthe striking similarities along most other psychosocial parameters.
AB - Differences in psychosocial factors that impact immune function and which, therefore, are relevant to HIV infection have been reported between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in the cross-cultural literature. To determine whether there were differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white HIV-seropositive homosexual males on life stressors, coping style, social support, and emotional distress, a sample (Hispanics = 27, non-Hispanic whites = 49) of participants in a five-year longitudinal study of HIV disease progression was assessed on relevant measures. Hispanics in this sample were not found to evidence psychosocial deficits as compared to non-Hispanic whites. Although not more stressed overall, Hispanics reportedhigher severity of stress on daily interactions related to their homosexual lifestyle than did their non-Hispanic white counterparts. Level ofacculturation isproposedas apossible explanation forthe striking similarities along most other psychosocial parameters.
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U2 - 10.1177/07399863900122004
DO - 10.1177/07399863900122004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84965904832
VL - 12
SP - 135
EP - 152
JO - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
JF - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
SN - 0739-9863
IS - 2
ER -