The mediating effects of functions of social support on HIV-related trauma and health-related quality of life for PLHIV in China |
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| Authors: | Joi D. Anderson Xiaoming Li Shan Qiao Yuejiao Zhou Zhiyong Shen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USAander349@mailbox.sc.edu andersonjd@winthrop.edu!["ORCID]("//:0" "\"ORCID") https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-4546;3. Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;4. Department of HIV/STD Prevention, Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Nanning, People’s Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of social support as a buffer between traumatic life events and HRQOL. We hypothesized that social support would mediate the effect of traumatic life events on HRQOL. A total of 2987 PLHIV participated in this study. The sample included 1876 (62.8%) males, and 1111 (37.2%) females. Data were collected using survey instruments measuring exposure to traumatic life events, functions of social support and HRQOL. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) produced a chi-square (χ2?=?486.63, df?=?32, p?
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| Keywords: | Trauma HRQOL (Health Related Quality of Life) Social Support HIV |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-4546;3. Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;4. Department of HIV/STD Prevention, Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Nanning, People’s Republic of China