Association between change in self-efficacy to resist drinking and drinking behaviors among an HIV-infected sample: Results from a large randomized controlled trial.

Gause, Nicole K.; Elliott, Jennifer C.; Delker, Erin; Stohl, Malka; Hasin, Deborah; Aharonovich, Efrat

Heavy drinking among HIV-infected individuals is associated with health complications. Health-behavior self-efficacy may be characteristically low among this population or negatively affected by HIV-infected status. We assessed whether self-efficacy to resist drinking increased during brief educational and motivational drinking-reduction interventions within HIV primary care and whether increases in self-efficacy predicted drinking among HIV-infected heavy drinkers. Results indicate that increases in self-efficacy from baseline to end-of-intervention inversely predicted drinking at end-of-intervention and at follow-up. Findings suggest that brief treatment interventions within HIV primary care may promote self-efficacy and that increases in self-efficacy predict initiation and maintenance of drinking reductions among HIV patients.

ATTITUDE (Psychology); CHANGE; DRINKING behavior; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; MOTIVATION (Psychology); PRIMARY health care; SELF-efficacy; SELF-management (Psychology)

Journal of Health Psychology, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 6, p829

1359-1053

Academic Journal

10.1177/1359105316664127