Research Article
Trauma and Growth: Impact of AIDS Activism
Table 5
Comparison of male ACT UP members by HIV serostatus.
(a) |
| | ACT UP experiences | HIV+ men
= 41 | HIV− men
= 61 | or | |
| | Age when joined ACT UP, M (SD) | 29.0 (6.1) | 28.7 (5.3) | .292 | .771 | | Number of years in ACT UP, M (SD) | 6.4 (6.1) | 5.1 (4.3) | 1.198 | .234 | | Demonstrations, N (%) | | | 3.594 | .309 | | None | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | | A few | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | | Some | 6 (15) | 3 (5) | | Many | 34 (83) | 56 (92) | | Times arrested, N (%) | | | 1.418 | .492 | | None | 14 (34) | 18 (30) | | Once | 5 (12) | 5 (8) | | More than once | 19 (46) | 37 (61) | | Attended Monday meetings, N (%) | | | .747 | .688 | | Occasionally | 1 (2) | 2 (3) | | Often | - | 1 (2) | | Regularly | 40 (98) | 58 (95) | | In a committee, N (%) | 36 (88) | 49 (80) | .987 | .320 | | Lost partner, N (%) | 16 (39) | 11 (18) | 5.324 | .021 | | Primary caregiver for sick friend(s), N (%) | 17 (41) | 16 (26) | 2.600 | .107 |
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| | PHQ-9 [depression], M (SD) | 6.93 (6.93) | 4.62 (3.77) | 2.205 | .03 | | PHQ-9: DSM IV meets algorithm for major depression, N (%) | 9 (22) | 1 (2) | 16.3 | <.001 | | PCL Checklist (PTSD), M (SD) | 35.3 (15.81) | 32.9 (11.4) | 1.321 | .190 | | PCL Checklist (PTSD): prorated total minus three depression items, M (SD) | 34.5 (15.9) | 31.3 (11.3) | 1.178 | .242 | | AUDIT: problematic alcohol use (scores ≥ 16), N (%) | 1 (2) | 5 (8) | 4.13 | .127 | | Coping Self-Efficacy Scale, M (SD) | 90.5 (26.75) | 84.3 (18.7) | 1.353 | .179 | | LOT [optimism versus pessimism], N (%) | | | 3.911 | .141 | | Optimistic (Scores ≥ 17) | 26 (63) | 40 (66) | | Pessimistic (Scores < 17) | 15 (37) | 21 (34) | | UCLA Loneliness Scale, M (SD) | 19.36 (5.73) | 20.5 (4.92) | −.972 | .333 |
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