"Coping With HIV Infection - Do Men and Women Differ?."

According to an abstract submitted by the author to the 20th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society, held April 26-29, 1995, in Anaheim, California, "HIV seropositive persons must cope with HIV infection an average of 10 years before developing AIDS. Coping strategies influence mood, distress, and hope among gay men with HIV/AIDS (Namir et al, 1987; Wolf et al., 1991). Minimal research has been published on the coping strategies of women with HIV disease or gender differences. The purpose of this study was to determine gender differences in the effect of coping strategies on coping outcomes in HIV seropositive persons. The null hypothesis was there will not be a significant...

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