Behavioral and psychosocial predictors of self-efficacy for managing chronic disease among people living with HIV

Forgiveness, life perspective, and social support

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19444079
AutoresMark Vosvick (University of North Texas), Mark A Vosvick (University of North Texas), Bunyong Dejanipont (0000-0002-3274-910X, Berkeley School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen35
Número11
Páginas1716-1723
Fecha de publicación2023-11-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540121.2022.2104796
PMID35875903
OpenAlexW4286771063
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas29

HIV medication can help people living with HIV (PLWH) live longer, but many PLWH still report difficulty managing their disease and report engaging in harmful behaviors to themselves and others, which have adverse downstream consequences. Self-efficacy is predictive of positive health behaviors and outcomes, and it is modifiable through interventions. While existing studies overwhelmingly examine self-efficacy among PLWH, much fewer studies focus on self-efficacy for managing HIV, including self-efficacy for managing physical and psychological health problems caused by HIV-common problems that PLWH experience. Additionally, only limited literature on other-forgiveness and life perspective among PLWH exists. Thus, we further examine predictors of self-efficacy for managing HIV. We hypothesize that other-forgiveness, positive life perspective, and social support significantly predict self-efficacy for managing HIV after controlling for demographic variables. The results show that the overall multiple linear regression model significantly accounted for 38% of the variance in self-efficacy for managing HIV. Additionally, other-forgiveness was as powerful at predicting self-efficacy as social support; moreover, positive life perspective was a significant and the most powerful predictor of self-efficacy. These findings indicate that other-forgiveness and positive life regard may be as important, if not more so, than social support to chronic disease management

Disease · Forgiveness · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Self-efficacy · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology