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ArticlePsychology of women quarterly2017

Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms Among HIV-Positive Concordant and Discordant Heterosexual Couples in China.

Li Li, Li-Jung Liang, Chunqing Lin, Guoping Ji, Yongkang Xiao

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Article in Psychology of women quarterly, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Empowering Women Living With HIV Through Partner-Based Interventions: A Scoping Review.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Li LiSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Li-Jung LiangSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Chunqing LinSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Guoping JiAnhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Yongkang XiaoAnhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, Anhui, China.
University of California, Los Angeles · USAnhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

Funding

UCLA Rapid, Relevant, Rigorous Implementation Science HubP30MH058107 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RAPHAEL J LANDOVITZ · 1997 to 2026
$53.5M
TEA for Families and Children: A Randomized Intervention TrialR01HD068165 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LI, LI · 2011 to 2015
$2.6M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD068165NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH058107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV seropositive individuals and their heterosexual partners/spouses, either seropositive or seronegative, are facing several mental health challenges. The objective of this study was to examine gender differences in depressive symptoms among HIV-positive concordant and HIV-discordant couples. We identified heterosexual couples from participants of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Anhui province, China. A total of 265 couples, comprising 129 HIV+ male/HIV- female couples, 98 HIV- male/HIV+ female couples, and 38 HIV-positive concordant couples, were included in the analyses. We collected data using the computer-assisted personal interview method. We used a linear mixed-effects regression model to assess whether gender differences in depressive symptoms varied across couple types. HIV-positive women reported a significantly higher level of depressive symptoms than their partners/spouses. HIV-positive women with HIV-positive partners had higher depressive symptoms than those with HIV-negative partners, whereas HIV-positive men reported similar levels of depressive symptoms regardless of their partners' serostatus. Among the concordant couples, those with the highest annual family income showed the greatest gender differences in depressive symptoms. We suggest that family interventions should be gender- and couple-type specific and that mental health counseling is warranted not only for HIV-positive women but also for HIV-negative women in an HIV-affected relationship.

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couplesdepressive symptomsgenderHIVmental healthserostatus

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PMID28490832
PMCPMC5421639
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