查看文章

Although there is an abundance of literature linking social support and mental health, less attention has been paid to the psychological effects of social conflict. In a sample of HIV‐positive and HIV‐negative gay men, the present study focuses on: (1) how support satisfaction and frequency of social conflict correlate with measures of depression and other aspects of mental health at study entry, and (2) whether changes in social support or social conflict are related to changes in psychological status over a 1‐year period. The sample was composed of 108 asymptomatic HIV‐positive and 73 HIV‐negative gay men. One‐year follow‐up data were available on 84 HIV‐positive and 63 HIV‐negative men. We found that: (1) psychological disturbance was related to frequent social conflict, and to a lesser extent, dissatisfaction with social support; and (2) increased psychological disturbance over 1‐year was correlated with …