Stigma and Psychological Distress in People With HIV/AIDS

被引:102
作者
Herek, Gregory M. [1 ]
Saha, Sona [2 ,3 ]
Burack, Jeffrey [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] East Bay AIDS Res Inst, Berkeley, CA USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Univ Calif Berkeley, East Bay AIDS Ctr, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[5] Univ Calif San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
关键词
HIV-RELATED STIGMA; SELF-ESTEEM; MENTAL-DISORDERS; TRAIT ANXIETY; SEXUAL STIGMA; GAY MEN; PREJUDICE; HEALTH; DISCLOSURE; FRAMEWORK;
D O I
10.1080/01973533.2012.746606
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Using a community sample of 197 people living with HIV/AIDS, we examined how awareness of societal stigma (felt stigma) and negative feelings toward oneself as a member of a stigmatized group (self-stigma) are related to psychological well-being. Both felt stigma and self-stigma were significantly correlated with symptoms of depression and anxiety, but controlling for felt stigma reduced self-stigma's association with depressive symptoms to nonsignificance. Global self-esteem and social avoidance fully mediated the associations between self-stigma and distress but only partially mediated the associations between felt stigma and distress. Felt stigma mediated the relationship between distress and HIV-related changes in physical appearance.
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