Fate control and well-being in Chinese rural people living with HIV: mediation effect of resilience.
Fate control has been often misconceptualized as a superstitious belief and overlooked in health psychology. It is not known how this cultural belief might impact the well-being of Chinese people living with HIV. This study examined the protective role of fate control for well-being and the potential mediation effect of resilience. Participants in this study were rural patients who contracted HIV via commercial blood donation. In this cross-sectional survey, 250 participants completed measures of fate control, well-being, and resilience. The results showed that fate control and resilience were positively associated with well-being. Resilience mediated the association between fate control and well-being. Our findings provide insight into the adaptive function of fate control as a cognitive defensive mechanism and highlight the need to incorporate this cultural belief in developing culturally sensitive intervention programs for resilience enhancement tailored for this understudied population infected with HIV living in rural China.
a Department of Applied Social Sciences , City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , People's Republic of China.
Nancy Xiaonan
NX
Yu
b Institute of Psychology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
Jianxin
J
Zhang
c Department of Social Work and Social Administration and Center on Behavioral Health , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , People's Republic of China.
Amy Y M
AY
Chow
c Department of Social Work and Social Administration and Center on Behavioral Health , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , People's Republic of China.
Celia H Y
CH
Chan
c Department of Social Work and Social Administration and Center on Behavioral Health , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , People's Republic of China.
Cecilia L W
CL
Chan
D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012424:Rural Population
Chinese; Fate control; HIV; resilience; well-being