Spirituality, social support, and worry about health: Relationships in a sample of HIV+ women

Abstract

Abstract This survey study examined the relationships between spirituality, social support, and worry about health through interviews of 53 ethnically diverse HIV+ women. The women reported coping with their disease primarily through spirituality and gave personal definitions of spirituality. Results indicate that both spirituality and social support have inverse relationships with worry about one's health, but the relationship between social support and worry disappears when controlling for spirituality and ethnicity. The results have implications for practice with HIV+ women.