One hundred nine HIV seronegative gay (HSG) males from the Montreal gay community, drawn from downtown health clinics, advertisements in gay friendly newspapers, and referrals from colleagues, were examined with respect to how they were coping with the HIV and AIDS epidemic (July 3, 1981 to August, 1998). Participants were asked to complete both a detailed demographic questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Coping theory and coping research relevant to the research at hand are discussed in detail. Results indicate that HSG males in Montreal are coping most frequently with the HIV and AIDS epidemic through the "escape/avoidance" coping strategy, and least frequently through "confrontive coping." In addition it was found that the only significant results, by age group, relate to the "accepting responsibility" and "escape/avoidance" coping strategies. / Research limitations, suggestions for future research, and clinical implications are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.36849 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Watson, Scott C. A. |
| Contributors | Talley, W. M. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001778278, proquestno: NQ69946, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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