Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Patrick Openlander
Second Advisor
James D. Evans
Third Advisor
Jesse B. Harris
Abstract
The effect of psychosocial factors on the immune response of HIV infected human subjects was assessed by measuring the degree of relationship to CD-4 T cell count and physical symptoms.
Twenty six participants (22 white and 2 black males) all who had been diagnosed as HIV positive completed a battery of 11 psychological tests and a social and medical history questionnaire. Fifty four psychosocial factors were selected as having the potential to have a significant effect on immune response.
Correlational analyses yielded no strong relationships between the psychosocial factors and CD-4 T cell count or physical symptoms. Moderate associations were found between Physical Symptoms and Coping Resources Inventory - Emotional, between Diagnosis Date and CD-4 T cell count, and between CD-4 T cell count and physical symptoms. Some strong associations were found among a cluster of psychosocial factors and CD-4 T cell count and physical symptoms using multiple linear regression analyses.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Richard R., "The Effect of Psychosocial Factors on the Immune Response of HIV Infected Individuals As Measured By The Extent of Relationship With CD-4 T Cell Count and Physical Symptoms" (1991). Theses. 1560.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1560
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