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How personal resources and psychological distress interact with and AIDS/HIV program to reduce HIV risk behaviors among inner-city women

Banou, Evangelia
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1180645809

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2007, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
The current study investigated the protective role of personal resources (self-efficacy and self-esteem) and the potentially exacerbated impact of psychological distress (depressive mood and PTSD symptoms) on a theoretically based, AIDS preventive intervention with inner-city women. Participants were 357 inner-city women who were randomly assigned to either a 6-session general health promotion intervention group or a 2-session standard control group. Both personal resources and psychological distress were found to be important predictors of sexual risk behaviors. Women in both groups seemed to have benefited. Overall, women in the intervention group seemed to benefit independent of their personal resources or psychological distress. Only the number of reexperiencing symptoms interacted with the intervention and predicted change in substance use prior to sex at 12 months. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
Stevan Hobfoll (Advisor)
125 p.
psychological; distress; resources; inner-city; women; AIDS; HIV; program

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  • Banou, E. (2007). How personal resources and psychological distress interact with and AIDS/HIV program to reduce HIV risk behaviors among inner-city women [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1180645809

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Banou, Evangelia. How personal resources and psychological distress interact with and AIDS/HIV program to reduce HIV risk behaviors among inner-city women. 2007. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1180645809.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Banou, Evangelia. "How personal resources and psychological distress interact with and AIDS/HIV program to reduce HIV risk behaviors among inner-city women." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1180645809

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