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HIV/AIDS and the family: a review of research in the first decade
Author(s) -
Bor Robert,
Miller Riva,
Goldman Eleanor
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1993.00753.x
Subject(s) - secrecy , psychosocial , coping (psychology) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , family medicine , political science , microbiology and biotechnology , law , biology
Most studies of the psychosocial implications of HIV/AIDS have been focused on the individual. This paper reviews the small but growing body of research into the impact of HIV/AIDS on the family system. Special reference is made to definitions of the family, same‐sex relationships and the African family. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the family is discussed in terms of social stigma, isolation and secrecy, stress and coping, social support, communication and disclosure, responses to illness, and changing structure and roles in families. It is anticipated that in the 1990s, the study of the family will become a dominant topic in HIV/AIDS‐related research.