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R G Wight1, K P Beals, D Miller-Martinez
1Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA. rwught@ucla.edu
Abstract:
This study assesses HIV-related traumatic stress symptoms in 135 AIDS caregiving family dyads in which the caregiver is a midlife or older mother or wife, and the care-recipient is her HIV-infected adult son or husband. Symptoms of HIV-related traumatic stress can be reliably measured in these dyads, with both caregivers and care-recipients reporting avoidant and intrusive thoughts. Among care-recipients, high symptoms are associated with high daily living assistance requirements, low dyadic adjustment, and high constriction of social activities. Among caregivers, high symptoms of traumatic stress are associated with being HIV positive, feeling overloaded by caregiving demands, and perceiving high levels of HIV stigma. Caregiving mothers and wives may feel traumatized 'courtesy' of their loved one's HIV infection, the caregiving scenario, or the resultant caregiving stress.
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