The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model
Abstract Background This cross-sectional study examined the actor and partner effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples in which both were living with HIV. Methods A total of 49 married couples in central China who were both infected with HIV completed...
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| description | Abstract Background This cross-sectional study examined the actor and partner effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples in which both were living with HIV. Methods A total of 49 married couples in central China who were both infected with HIV completed measures to assess their beliefs about AIDS-related death and quality of life. Results In the actor-partner interdependence model, the husband-wife dyad showed congruence in their beliefs about AIDS-related death (r = .40) and quality of life–mental health summary (r = .31), respectively, within the couple. Both actor and partner effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on the quality of life–mental health summary, rather than the quality of life–physical health summary, were significant within the husband-wife dyad. Conclusions Our findings indicate the dyadic interdependence of beliefs about AIDS-related death and the quality of life–mental health summary in married couples. Psychosocial interventions that target a reduction of negative death beliefs and enhancement of well-being in the context of HIV should treat the couple as a unit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cf4808d8de649359866176a25d5bbad2022-12-21T20:04:47ZengBMCHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes1477-75252017-06-011511510.1186/s12955-017-0703-zThe effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence modelNancy Xiaonan Yu0Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong KongAbstract Background This cross-sectional study examined the actor and partner effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples in which both were living with HIV. Methods A total of 49 married couples in central China who were both infected with HIV completed measures to assess their beliefs about AIDS-related death and quality of life. Results In the actor-partner interdependence model, the husband-wife dyad showed congruence in their beliefs about AIDS-related death (r = .40) and quality of life–mental health summary (r = .31), respectively, within the couple. Both actor and partner effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on the quality of life–mental health summary, rather than the quality of life–physical health summary, were significant within the husband-wife dyad. Conclusions Our findings indicate the dyadic interdependence of beliefs about AIDS-related death and the quality of life–mental health summary in married couples. Psychosocial interventions that target a reduction of negative death beliefs and enhancement of well-being in the context of HIV should treat the couple as a unit.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0703-zBeliefs about AIDS-related deathQuality of lifeMental healthMarried coupleActor-partner interdependence model |
| spellingShingle | Nancy Xiaonan Yu The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Beliefs about AIDS-related death Quality of life Mental health Married couple Actor-partner interdependence model |
| title | The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model |
| title_full | The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model |
| title_fullStr | The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model |
| title_short | The effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with HIV: examining congruence using the actor-partner interdependence model |
| title_sort | effects of beliefs about aids related death on quality of life in chinese married couples with both husband and wife infected with hiv examining congruence using the actor partner interdependence model |
| topic | Beliefs about AIDS-related death Quality of life Mental health Married couple Actor-partner interdependence model |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0703-z |
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