Main and interactive effects of emotion dysregulation and HIV symptom severity on quality of life among persons living with HIV/Aids

Bibliographic Data

ID19442372
AuthorsCharles P Brandt (0000-0001-5003-1196, University of Houston, corresponding author), Charles Jardin (0000-0002-6085-8207, Legacy Community Health Services), Codi Sharp (0000-0001-8349-4701, University of Houston), Chad Lemaire (0000-0002-5418-9756, Legacy Community Health Services), M J Zvolensky (0000-0002-1869-0906, University of Houston, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume29
Issue4
Pages498-506
Publication date2017-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540121.2016.1220484
PMID27546879
OpenAlexW2512267399
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited19

HIV symptoms are associated with a poorer quality of life (QOL) among persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Yet, there is little understanding of emotional factors that impact the relation between HIV symptom severity and QOL. The present study examined the main and interactive effects of emotion dysregulation and HIV symptom severity on multiple indices of QOL, including physical (impact of physical problems related to HIV), psychological (frequency of negative feelings), independence (necessity of medical treatment to function in daily life), social (feelings of acceptance), environmental (satisfaction with living conditions and medical care), and spiritual (fear of the future and death) among a sample of 74 PLWHA. Participants (72.9% male; mean age = 48.24, SD = 7.85) were recruited from AIDS Service Organizations in the United States. Results indicated that higher HIV symptom severity is significantly associated with lower physical and independence QOL, whereas higher emotion dysregulation is significantly associated with lower scores on all measured aspects of QOL. Additionally, results indicated that the interaction of emotion dysregulation and HIV symptom severity was significantly associated with both physical and environmental QOL. The form of the observed significant interactions indicated that HIV symptom severity was related to poorer QOL among those with lower (versus higher) emotion dysregulation. The present findings indicate that emotion dysregulation is related to QOL among PLWHA and may interact with HIV symptom severity to negatively impact certain aspects of QOL. Given the profound impact that HIV has on QOL, this finding is important in understanding these relations mechanistically, and may be important in the development of novel psychological treatment strategies

Feeling · Psychotherapist · Young adult · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology · Immunology

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