title: Stigma never dies: Mourning a spouse who died of AIDS in China.
abstract: Stigma towards people with HIV (PHIV) can affect their family members. In this study of 68 HIV seronegative participants in China whose spouse died of AIDS, 35.3% reported prolonged grief. Stigma beliefs towards PHIV (i.e., belief that PHIV's death leaves the deceased, the family and society better off) predicted grief symptoms. Social campaigns to combat stigma and grief therapy to reconstruct the meaning of HIV-related death may be helpful to reduce suffering in HIV bereaved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Electronic address: nancy.yu@cityu.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xiaonan Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Amy Y M
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Center on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Cecilia L W
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jianxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Sunita M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057545:Social Stigma; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide
keywords: Bereavement; Prolonged grief; Stigma