The social sharing of emotions in HIV/AIDS: A comparative study of HIV/AIDS, diabetic and cancer patients

Cantisano, Nicole;Rimé, Bernard;Muñoz-Sastre, María T
(2013) Journal of Health Psychology : an interdisciplinary, international journal — Vol. 18, n° 10, p. 1255-1267 (2013)

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  • Cantisano, NicoleUniversité de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, France
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  • Rimé, BernardUCLouvain
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  • Muñoz-Sastre, María TUniversité de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, France
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Abstract
Studies have shown that chronic illness patients encounter difficulties in the social sharing of emotions. Do HIV/AIDS patients present distinguishing traits in the inhibition of illness and non-illness-related emotions? The differences in the social sharing of emotion between 35 HIV/AIDS, 35 diabetic and 34 cancer outpatients were studied. A questionnaire assessed illness-related emotions, social sharing of emotion and emotional inhibition. The HIV/AIDS group significantly presented superior scoring in shame, guilt and non-sharing of illness-related emotions, lower frequencies of social sharing of emotion and less sharing partners. These findings could lead to future research examining the emotional expression of guilt and shame in HIV/AIDS. © 2012 The Author(s).
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Cantisano, N., Rimé, B., & Muñoz-Sastre, M. T. (2013). The social sharing of emotions in HIV/AIDS: A comparative study of HIV/AIDS, diabetic and cancer patients. Journal of Health Psychology : an interdisciplinary, international journal, 18(10), 1255-1267. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105312462436 (Original work published 2013)