Psychological Adjustment among Women Living with Genital Herpes

This study investigated the psychosocial factors that influence psychological adjustment among women with genital herpes, while taking into account the physical factors. Women with herpes ( N = 105, age 18-30) completed an on-line survey about factors related to their diagnosis and herpes-related quality of life. Perceived stigma, acceptance coping, denial coping, support from the Internet, and support from religious/spiritual figures accounted for 65.9 percent of the variance in quality of life scores. The findings reveal the importance of specific coping strategies and sources of support on psychological adjustment to herpes. Furthermore, a significant interaction between stigma and acceptance coping suggests a complex relationship between these two psychosocial factors that warrants future research

Coping (psychology · Denial · Genital herpes · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychosocial support · Psychotherapist · Social support · Stigma (botany · Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments · Medicine · Menstrual Health and Disorders · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Immunology · Social Psychology

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