The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine gender differences in the disease
experience of persons who have genital herpes. Participants were 60 volunteers (34 …

This descriptive study was designed to examine the disease experience of persons who
have genital herpes by identifying the nature and frequency of disease‐related stressors …

Genital herpes, an incurable disease, is increasing in epidemic proportions in the United
States (Eng & Butler, 1997). Updated information on the epidemiology and psychosocial …

Previous studies suggest that anxiety and/or depressed mood are associated with
recurrence of genital herpes lesions. The present study sought to extend the assessment of …

Genital infection, a common chronic sexually transmitted infection, is associated with
physical and psychosocial concerns. While recognizing that some patients are able to take …

OBJECTIVES: This paper reports on the cross sectional data from the longitudinal study
examining the impact of genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection on quality of life. In …

To develop a model of how stress and other psychosocial constructs may interact to explain
recurrences of genital herpes, assessments of major and minor life stress, locus of control …

Genital herpes, while having gained considerable attention as an important psychosexual
disease, is not well understood. Precisely what factors trigger infectious reactivation is an …

Psychosocial factors (emotional distress, stress, health locus of control, and social support)
and genital herpes activity (episode frequency, severity, and duration) were assessed for 46 …

The relationship among stress, coping style, emotional dysfunction, social support, and
severity of symptoms (frequency of recurrence, and pain, and bother of recurrences) was …