Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the role of coping self-efficacy as a factor moderating the relationship between HIV-related discrimination and self-reported health status among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods: A sample of 456 Italian HIV-positive MSM responded to a questionnaire containing measures of HIV-related discrimination, coping self-efficacy, and self-reported health status. Results: Emotion-focused coping self-efficacy and social-based coping self-efficacy buffered the relationship between HIV-related discrimination and health status. Problem-focused coping self-efficacy did not moderate this relationship. Conclusions: Self-efficacy moderates the relationship between HIV-related discrimination and self-reported health status among MSM.
HIV-stigma and Self-Reported Health Status Among HIV-Positive MSM: The Moderating Role of Coping Self-Efficacy / Prati, Gabriele; Pietrantoni, Luca. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH. - ISSN 1931-7611. - STAMPA. - 28:1(2016), pp. 1-8. [10.1080/19317611.2015.1068903]
HIV-stigma and Self-Reported Health Status Among HIV-Positive MSM: The Moderating Role of Coping Self-Efficacy
PRATI, GABRIELE;PIETRANTONI, LUCA
2016
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the role of coping self-efficacy as a factor moderating the relationship between HIV-related discrimination and self-reported health status among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). Methods: A sample of 456 Italian HIV-positive MSM responded to a questionnaire containing measures of HIV-related discrimination, coping self-efficacy, and self-reported health status. Results: Emotion-focused coping self-efficacy and social-based coping self-efficacy buffered the relationship between HIV-related discrimination and health status. Problem-focused coping self-efficacy did not moderate this relationship. Conclusions: Self-efficacy moderates the relationship between HIV-related discrimination and self-reported health status among MSM.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
