Open AccessFactors associated with resilience among Black women living with HIV and histories of trauma
Author(s) -
Sannisha K. Dale,
Rachelle Reid,
Steven A. Safren
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1461-7277
pISSN - 1359-1053
DOI - 10.1177/1359105319840690
Subject(s) - psychological resilience , clinical psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychological intervention , medicine , depressive symptoms , self esteem , depression (economics) , cognition , psychology , psychiatry , demography , family medicine , sociology , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
In the United States, Black women living with HIV face various individual (e.g. trauma) and structural (e.g. racism) adversities. However, resilience is understudied among Black women living with HIV. A total of 100 Black women living with HIV in the United States completed measures of resilience, general self-efficacy, self-esteem, post-traumatic growth, trauma symptoms, trauma-related cognitions, and depressive symptoms. Regressions controlling for age and education indicated that higher resilience was associated with higher general self-efficacy (β = .39, p < .001), higher self-esteem (β = .48, p < .001), higher post-traumatic growth (β = .34, p < .01), lower post-traumatic cognitions (β = -.36, p < .001), lower trauma symptoms (β = -.29, p < .01), and lower depressive symptoms (β = -.38, p < .001). Our findings suggest potential targets for interventions.