The role of religiosity, social support, and stress-related growth in protecting against HIV risk among transgender women.
Transgender women completed questionnaires of religiosity, social support, stigma, stress-related growth, and sexual risk behavior. In a multivariate model, both social support and religious stress-related growth were significant negative predictors of unprotected anal sex, but religious behaviors and beliefs emerged as a significant positive predictor. The interaction between religious behaviors and beliefs and social support was also significant, and post-hoc analyses indicated that high-risk sex was least likely among individuals with high-levels of social support but low levels of religious behaviors and beliefs. These data have important implications for understanding factors that might protect against HIV risk for transgender women.
Golub
Sarit A
SA
Department of Psychology, Hunter College of City University of New York, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, New York, NY 10065, USA. sarit.golub@hunter.cuny.edu
Walker
Ja'nina J
JJ
Longmire-Avital
Buffie
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Bimbi
David S
DS
Parsons
Jeffrey T
JT
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009515:New Jersey; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult