This exploratory quantitative study examined the association between religious coping and depressive symptoms among a sample of 216 Black Americans living with HIV (BALWH) in the Southeastern United States. Descriptive analyses and multiple linear regression were used to determine statistically significant associations between religious coping styles and depressive symptoms, and to investigate the potential of sexual orientation and gender to moderate the associations between religious coping styles and depressive symptoms. Negative religious coping, but not positive religious coping, significantly predicted depressive symptoms. Sexual orientation, but not gender, significantly moderated the association between positive religious coping and depressive symptoms so that the relationship was only significant for heterosexual BALWH. Implications of these findings for future research and clinical work with BALWH are discussed.

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美国黑人艾滋病毒感染者的宗教应对和抑郁症状：一种交叉方法。

这项探索性定量研究调查了美国东南部 216 名感染 HIV 的美国黑人 (BALWH) 样本中的宗教应对与抑郁症状之间的关联。描述性分析和多元线性回归用于确定宗教应对方式与抑郁症状之间的统计学显着关联，并研究性取向和性别对缓和宗教应对方式与抑郁症状之间关联的潜力。消极的宗教应对，但不是积极的宗教应对，显着预测抑郁症状。性取向，但不是性别，显着缓和了积极的宗教应对与抑郁症状之间的关联，因此这种关系仅对异性恋 BALWH 显着。