title: The social sharing of emotions in HIV/AIDS: a comparative study of HIV/AIDS, diabetic and cancer patients.
abstract: Studies have shown that chronic illness patients encounter difficulties in the social sharing of emotions. Do HIV/AIDS patients present distinguishing traits in the inhibition of illness and non-illness-related emotions? The differences in the social sharing of emotion between 35 HIV/AIDS, 35 diabetic and 34 cancer outpatients were studied. A questionnaire assessed illness-related emotions, social sharing of emotion and emotional inhibition. The HIV/AIDS group significantly presented superior scoring in shame, guilt and non-sharing of illness-related emotions, lower frequencies of social sharing of emotion and less sharing partners. These findings could lead to future research examining the emotional expression of guilt and shame in HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, France.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cantisano
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rimé
authors.forename: María T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Sastre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012752:Shame; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: AIDS; HIV; cancer; emotions; social support; stigmatization