Abstract
This study makes a theoretical contribution to stress process research by using a systemic approach to contextualize individual outcomes within the framework of other family members' experience. Utilizing a mixed model approach, indicators of the stress process of urban low-income HIV+ African American recent mothers were found to affect the psychological distress and perceived adequacy of coping of multiple other family members. These relationships were found to be strongest proximal to birth and to be exacerbated by HIV infection. Social support to the mother was found to have differential effects depending on whether it was from the immediate family or outside sources. HIV infection of the recent mother was found to affect family members both through relationships of the mother's stress process and through their own coping responses.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 339-363 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Psychology and Health |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2002 |
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Keywords
- Coping responses
- Family
- HIV
- Multi-level data
- Social support
- Stress process
- Systemic process
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Psychology(all)
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Interdependence of stress processes among African American family members : Influence of HIV serostatus and a new infant. / Feaster, Daniel J; Szapocznik, Jose.
In: Psychology and Health, Vol. 17, No. 3, 01.06.2002, p. 339-363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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N2 - This study makes a theoretical contribution to stress process research by using a systemic approach to contextualize individual outcomes within the framework of other family members' experience. Utilizing a mixed model approach, indicators of the stress process of urban low-income HIV+ African American recent mothers were found to affect the psychological distress and perceived adequacy of coping of multiple other family members. These relationships were found to be strongest proximal to birth and to be exacerbated by HIV infection. Social support to the mother was found to have differential effects depending on whether it was from the immediate family or outside sources. HIV infection of the recent mother was found to affect family members both through relationships of the mother's stress process and through their own coping responses.
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