Partner Support, Willingness to Sacrifice, and HIV Medication Self-Efficacy

When taken as prescribed, highly active anti-retroviral medications allow individuals with HIV to live long, healthy lives. Nevertheless, poor adherence is common. In the current study, we examined why some people fail to feel efficacious to adhere, focusing on their interpersonal relationships. Giv...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2017-08, Vol.21 (8), p.2519-2525
Main Authors: VanderDrift, Laura E., Ioerger, Michael, Mitzel, Luke D., Vanable, Peter A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adhesion
Adult
AIDS
Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use
Construction
Drugs
Effectiveness
Female
Health Psychology
HIV
HIV Infections - drug therapy
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Interpersonal Relations
Intervention
Male
Medication Adherence
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Paper
Public Health
Self Efficacy
Sexual Partners
Social Support
Young Adult
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Summary:When taken as prescribed, highly active anti-retroviral medications allow individuals with HIV to live long, healthy lives. Nevertheless, poor adherence is common. In the current study, we examined why some people fail to feel efficacious to adhere, focusing on their interpersonal relationships. Given past findings that some individuals with primary partners adhere better than those without, whereas others adhere worse, we examined whether relationship dynamics influence the association between support from a primary partner and adherence self-efficacy. Specifically, we hypothesized and found that relationship partners’ support regarding medication adherence undermines self-efficacy when the partner is perceived as unwilling to sacrifice for the relationship. We discuss the implications of these results for intervention construction and for understanding the power of the relationship context on HIV medication adherence.
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-017-1698-5