社交支持能否调解人类免疫缺陷病毒感染者的耻辱和感知压力?
Wei-Ti Chen1, Feifei Huang2, Cheng-Shi Shiu3
1School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
AIDS care
|September 7, 2023
概括
社会支持并没有减少缅甸艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH) 的感知压力. 应对艾滋病毒污名化的干预措施应探索超越社会支持的替代策略,以有效地管理压力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 艾滋病毒污名化严重影响艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH).
- 有限的研究存在于社会支持在减轻艾滋病毒的耻辱和感知压力在缅甸的PLWH的作用.
- 了解这些动态对于开发有效的支持干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查缅甸艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH) 的艾滋病毒污名,社会支持和感知压力之间的关系.
- 检查社会支持在艾滋病毒污名和感知压力之间的关联中扮演的调解角色.
- 为缅甸PLWH制定有针对性的干预措施提供信息.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面研究,对248名艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH) 来自缅甸一个私人Facebook群组进行了招募.
- 收集了有关人口统计,感知压力,社会支持和艾滋病污名的数据.
- 进行了统计分析,包括调解分析,以评估变量之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 观察到艾滋病毒污名对感知压力的直接影响 (β=0.40).
- 艾滋病污名对通过社会支持感知到的压力的间接影响是统计学上显著的 (β=0.014).
- 然而,调解分析表明,社会支持并没有显著调解HIV污名和感知压力之间的关系.
结论:
- 社会支持没有显著的调解效应来减少缅甸PLWH感知压力.
- 目前的社会支持干预措施可能不足以缓解与艾滋病毒污名相关的感知压力.
- 未来的干预应考虑结合其他策略,如基于精神的实践,以有效地减少缅甸艾滋病毒感染者 (PLWH) 感知压力.
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