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Close relationships, individual resilience resources, and well-being among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural China

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Huang, Jiasheng, Zhang, Jianxin, Yu, Nancy Xiaonan·2018·AIDS Care
DOI 10.1080/09540121.2018.1496222
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The systems framework of resilience has suggested that resilient factors external to or within the individual and their interactions can contribute to positive adjustment in at-risk populations. However, the interplays of resilience resources at different levels have seldom been investigated in health psychology, particularly in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This study aimed to examine the mediating role of individual resilience resources in the associations between marital and family relationships and well-being in PLWHA. A sample of 160 Chinese PLWHA were interviewed to complete measures on marital relationship, family relationship, individual resilience resources, and general, physical, and mental well-being. Results showed that better marital relationship and family relationship were associated with higher levels of individual resilience resources and well-being indicators. Mediation analysis with path analysis showed significant mediating effects of individual resilience resources between marital and family relationships and general, physical, and mental well-being. By highlighting marital and family relationships as external resources of resilience and their roles in increasing individual resilience factors which thereby contribute to the well-being of PLWHA, our findings support the systems framework of resilience. There are implications for resilience enhancement interventions with the aim of improving PLWHA's well-being by including interpersonal strategies of strengthening the protective role of marital and family relationships, which will in turn facilitate the resilience process.

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Authors
Huang, J., Zhang, J., & Yu, N. X.
Affiliations
  • City University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Yu, Nancy Xiaonan
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Venue
AIDS Care
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2018-08-23
Volume
30
Issue
sup5
Pages
S49-S57
ISSN
  • 0954-0121 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-0451
DOI
10.1080/09540121.2018.1496222
OpenAlex
W2910879008
Cited by
34
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  • AIDS Care (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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  • Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (CityU 11600617)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Keywords
people living with HIV, resilience resources, marital relationships, family relationships, well-being, mediation, rural China, interpersonal support
MeSH terms
Adult, China, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Mental Health, Rural Population, HIV Infections, Resilience, Psychological

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