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Religion and HIV: Implications for Research and Intervention
Author(s) -
Jenkins Richard A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1995.tb01327.x
Subject(s) - stressor , extant taxon , ambivalence , coping (psychology) , ethnic group , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , disease , clinical psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , sociology , anthropology , family medicine , pathology , evolutionary biology , biology
The role of religion in the lives of people with HIV has received relatively little systematic research attention. Even so, extant literature suggests that religion may play complex and varied roles in coping with this disease. Such patterns were evident in data from a sample of HIV‐seropositive military personnel. Findings highlight the ambivalent ties to organized religion noted elsewhere, as well as ethnic, gender, disease stage, and stressor differences in religious coping.