1. Self-Compassion and Risk Behavior Among People Living With HIV/AIDS.
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Dawson Rose, Carol, Webel, Allison, Sullivan, Kathleen M., Cuca, Yvette P., Wantland, Dean, Johnson, Mallory O., Brion, John, Portillo, Carmen J., Corless, Inge B., Voss, Joachim, Chen, Wei-Ti, Phillips, J. Craig, Tyer-Viola, Lynda, Rivero-Méndez, Marta, Nicholas, Patrice K., Nokes, Kathleen, Kemppainen, Jeanne, Sefcik, Elizabeth, Eller, Lucille Sanzero, and Iipinge, Scholastika
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HIV infection transmission ,CLINICS ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,STATISTICAL correlation ,EMPLOYMENT ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,ETHNIC groups ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH status indicators ,HIV-positive persons ,INCOME ,HEALTH insurance ,MEDICAL cooperation ,NURSING research ,PATH analysis (Statistics) ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,RISK-taking behavior ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,SELF-esteem testing ,SELF-evaluation ,SELF-perception ,HUMAN sexuality ,SOCIAL stigma ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,SURVEYS ,COMORBIDITY ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,DATA analysis ,VIRAL load ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,UNSAFE sex ,MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques ,CROSS-sectional method ,DATA analysis software ,SEXUAL partners - Abstract
Sexual risk behavior and illicit drug use among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) contribute to poor health and onward transmission of HIV. The aim of this collaborative multi-site nursing research study was to explore the association between self-compassion and risk behaviors in PLWHA. As part of a larger project, nurse researchers in Canada, China, Namibia, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US enrolled 1211 sexually active PLWHA using convenience sampling. The majority of the sample was male, middle-aged, and from the US. Illicit drug use was strongly associated with sexual risk behavior, but participants with higher self-compassion were less likely to report sexual risk behavior, even in the presence of illicit drug use. Self-compassion may be a novel area for behavioral intervention development for PLWHA. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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