Article
Association between change in self-efficacy to resist drinking and drinking behaviors among an HIV-infected sample: Results from a large randomized controlled trial
Journal of Health Psychology
(2018)
Abstract
Heavy drinking among HIV-infected individuals is associated with health complications. Health-behavior self-efficacy may be characteristically low among this population or negatively affected by HIV-infected status. We assessed whether self-efficacy to resist drinking increased during brief educational and motivational drinking-reduction interventions within HIV primary care and whether increases in self-efficacy predicted drinking among HIV-infected heavy drinkers. Results indicate that increases in self-efficacy from baseline to end-of-intervention inversely predicted drinking at end-of-intervention and at follow-up. Findings suggest that brief treatment interventions within HIV primary care may promote self-efficacy and that increases in self-efficacy predict initiation and maintenance of drinking reductions among HIV patients.
Keywords
- HIV positive,
- drinking,
- intervention,
- primary care,
- self efficacy
Disciplines
Publication Date
May, 2018
DOI
10.1177/1359105316664127
Citation Information
Nicole K Gause, Jennifer C Elliott, Erin Delker, Malka Stohl, et al.. "Association between change in self-efficacy to resist drinking and drinking behaviors among an HIV-infected sample: Results from a large randomized controlled trial" Journal of Health Psychology Vol. 23 Iss. 6 (2018) p. 829 - 839 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer-elliott/14/