SOCIAL SUPPORT, SELF-ESTEEM, SYMPTOM DISTRESS, AND ANXIETY OF ADULTS WITH ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME.
Contributors: University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Psychobiology.; Health Sciences, Mental Health.
Description: Using the Roy Adaptation Model as a conceptual framework, a descriptive, correlational study was designed to determine if there are relationships among social support, self-esteem, symptom distress, and anxiety of adults with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Sixty adults with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aged 21 to 56 years, composed the convenience sample. Data were collected through a tertiary care medical center clinic, a clinic of physicians in private practice, and regional coordinators of health services for those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Social support was assessed using the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) 85 Part II; self-esteem was assessed by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; symptom distress was assessed by the Symptom Distress Scale; and anxiety was assessed by the Self-Evaluation Questionnaire (STAI Form Y-1, S-Anxiety Scale).

Hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlations and multiple regression analysis. Analysis of the relationship between social support and self-esteem revealed a positive correlation (r =.41, p $\leq$.01); between social support and anxiety a negative correlation (r = $-$.31, p $\leq$.05); between self-esteem and symptom distress a negative correlation (r = $-$.58, p $\leq$.0001); between self-esteem and anxiety a negative correlation (r = $-$.70, p $\leq$.0001); and between symptom distress and anxiety a positive correlation (r =.68, p $\leq$.0001). No significant relationship was shown between social support and symptom distress. Multiple regression analysis revealed two significant predictors of anxiety, self-esteem, and symptom distress, which together accounted for 61% of the variance in anxiety.

Findings from this study supported the usefulness of the Roy Adaptation Model for describing adaptation in adults with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The need for further research with other samples of adults with acquired immune deficiency syndrome was suggested.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: B, page: 1936.

Thesis (D.S.N.)--UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, 1995.

School code: 0005.