Rae A. Littlewood|Peter A. Vanable|Michael P. Carey|Donald C. Blair
The association of benefit finding to psychosocial and health behavior adaptation among HIV+ men and women
Syracuse University|Syracuse University|Syracuse University|SUNY Upstate Medical University
psychological behavioral adaptation hiv integral longterm survival although research coping hiv focused factors associated poor adaptation recent research expanded include positive concomitants adaptation benefit finding study examined occurrence benefit finding among hiv men women evaluated potential relevance benefit finding positive health behavior psychosocial adaptation hiv participants n 221 recruited outpatient care completed selfreport assessments benefit finding social support depression haart adherence substance use physical activity series multivariate analyses controlled demographic health status variables benefit finding associated lower depression scores greater social support physical activity showed association haart adherence substance use association benefit finding depression partially mediated differences social support thus benefit finding may improve psychological adjustment motivating patients experience stressrelated growth seek social support