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Attachment Insecurity and Stigma as Predictors of Depression and Anxiety in People Living With HIV

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine whether attachment insecurity, stigma, and certain demographic and medical factors predict depression and anxiety in people living with HIV (PLWH). METHODS: Participants were 147 PLWH who visited the outpatient infection clinic in Kyungpook Nationa...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyungmin, Jang, Seoyoung, Rim, Hyo-Deog, Kim, Shin-Woo, Chang, Hyun-ha, Woo, Jungmin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10232058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37253467
http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0271
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author Kim, Kyungmin
Jang, Seoyoung
Rim, Hyo-Deog
Kim, Shin-Woo
Chang, Hyun-ha
Woo, Jungmin
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Jang, Seoyoung
Rim, Hyo-Deog
Kim, Shin-Woo
Chang, Hyun-ha
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description OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine whether attachment insecurity, stigma, and certain demographic and medical factors predict depression and anxiety in people living with HIV (PLWH). METHODS: Participants were 147 PLWH who visited the outpatient infection clinic in Kyungpook National University Hospital (KNUH; Daegu, South Korea) between June 2020 and January 2021. We measured HIV-related stigma, attachment anxiety and avoidance, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis showed that unemployment, longer time receiving antiretroviral therapy, higher attachment avoidance, and higher attachment anxiety were significant predictors of depression. Results also showed that longer time receiving antiretroviral therapy, higher attachment anxiety, and concern with public attitudes were significant predictors of anxiety. CONCLUSION: In addition to education to reduce public stigma, interventions to reduce PLWH’s self-stigma should continue. We suggest attachment-based psychotherapy as an effective intervention to improve PLWH’s mental health.
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spelling pubmed-102320582023-06-01 Attachment Insecurity and Stigma as Predictors of Depression and Anxiety in People Living With HIV Kim, Kyungmin Jang, Seoyoung Rim, Hyo-Deog Kim, Shin-Woo Chang, Hyun-ha Woo, Jungmin Psychiatry Investig Original Article OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine whether attachment insecurity, stigma, and certain demographic and medical factors predict depression and anxiety in people living with HIV (PLWH). METHODS: Participants were 147 PLWH who visited the outpatient infection clinic in Kyungpook National University Hospital (KNUH; Daegu, South Korea) between June 2020 and January 2021. We measured HIV-related stigma, attachment anxiety and avoidance, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis showed that unemployment, longer time receiving antiretroviral therapy, higher attachment avoidance, and higher attachment anxiety were significant predictors of depression. Results also showed that longer time receiving antiretroviral therapy, higher attachment anxiety, and concern with public attitudes were significant predictors of anxiety. CONCLUSION: In addition to education to reduce public stigma, interventions to reduce PLWH’s self-stigma should continue. We suggest attachment-based psychotherapy as an effective intervention to improve PLWH’s mental health. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2023-05 2023-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10232058/ /pubmed/37253467 http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0271 Text en Copyright © 2023 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Kyungmin
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Rim, Hyo-Deog
Kim, Shin-Woo
Chang, Hyun-ha
Woo, Jungmin
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title_short Attachment Insecurity and Stigma as Predictors of Depression and Anxiety in People Living With HIV
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10232058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37253467
http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0271
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