Associations between HIV stigma, gender, and depression among people living with HIV in Hyderabad, India

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11041978
AutoresAzhar (0000-0002-2249-8976, Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York USA, autor correspondente), Vaidehi Jokhakar (Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York USA), Jason Vaudrey (Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York USA), Sabitha Gandham (SHARE India MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences Campus Telangana India), Ganesh Oruganti (SHARE India MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences Campus Telangana India), Vijay Yeldandi (0000-0002-2184-9930, SHARE India MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences Campus Telangana India)
Ano2023
Volume51
Fascículo3
Páginas1060-1077
Data de publicação2023-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22934
PMID36094950
OpenAlexW4295879228
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas57

The goal of this study was to explore the association between HIV stigma and depression and whether gender moderated this relationship. The theoretical framework for the study combined an adapted version of Goffman's conceptualization of stigma with gender role theory. We surveyed 150 individuals living with HIV in Hyderabad, India (51 cisgender women, 49 cisgender men, and 50 third gender people) on their experiences with HIV stigma. While third gender people had statistically higher scores for HIV stigma over their cisgender counterparts, the association between each of three different forms of stigma (internalized stigma, perceived stigma, and experienced stigma) on depression was negatively moderated by third gender status. This demonstrates that third gender research participants who experienced certain forms of HIV stigma were less likely to be depressed than cisgender participants. These findings indicate resilience amongst third gender people living with HIV and can be used to better tailor social policies and gender‐affirming HIV care programs in south India

Conceptualization · Depression (economics) · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Psychiatry · Social stigma · Stigma (botany) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology