Citation

Nyamathi A, Stein JA, Brecht ML. Health Psychol. 1995; 14(3): 265-273.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-6918, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7641668

Abstract

The present study examined a causal model consisting of personal and social resources, threat appraisal processes, coping styles, and barriers to risk reduction as predictors of general AIDS risk and specific drug use behaviors among homeless African American (N = 714) and Latina (N = 691) women. The model, which was based on a stress and coping framework, supported many of the hypothesized relationships. Active coping was associated with fewer general AIDS risk behaviors for both groups and less specific drug use behavior among African American women. Specific drug use behavior was predicted by high threat appraisal and avoidant coping for both groups. Ethnic differences and implications for intervention are discussed.

Language: en