Objective: Supportive social relationships can have direct positive effects on health and
mitigate the negative impact of stressors. This study investigated the main effect of perceived …

We examined the hypothesis that black and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) who
have supportive social relationships with other people are less likely to have unrecognized …

Abstract Gay male couples (N= 47) completed self-administered questionnaires at 2 time
points (6 months apart) regarding their levels of general and HIV-specific social support and …

Existing empirical evidence has well documented the role of social support in both physical
and psychological well-being among various populations. In the context of HIV prevention …

Though functional social support has been shown to serve as a protective factor for HIV viral
load suppression in other populations, scant research has examined this relationship …

Previous research has suggested a need to understand the social-psychological factors
contributing to HIV risk among African American men who have sex with men (MSM). We …

Background Sexual minority men remain highly impacted by the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) with social stress being a clear predictor of their risk for infection. The past …

This study examines mediation of the association between social norms and unsafe sexual
behavior. Self-report data were collected from 675 HIVinfected men enrolled in a study …

Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) bear an increasingly disproportionate burden of
HIV in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends high …

Objective: This study examined whether the association between social support and
condom self-efficacy would be moderated by (a) internalized heterosexism among and (b) …