Couple identity and well-being in Chinese HIV serodiscordant couples: resilience under the risk of stigma

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic and HIV-related characteristics of patients and spouses.

	Patients	Spouses
	n (%)/M ± SD	n (%)/M ± SD
Gender
Male	56 (35)	104 (65)
Female	104 (65)	56 (35)
Age	50.15 ± 7.49	50.49 ± 8.33
Education (years)	5.56 ± 2.39	5.91 ± 2.07
Duration of marriage (years)	26.28 ± 7.00
Annual family income (RMB) at T1	16,702.50 ± 7078.21
Annual family income (RMB) at T2	24,277.99 ± 9254.43
Duration of HIV diagnosis	11.37 ± 1.47	–

Table 2. Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations of the study variables at the couple level.

	M ± SD	1	2	3	4	5
1. Couple identity (T1)	4.09 ± 0.70	–
2. Stigma (T1)	1.28 ± 0.36	−0.54**	–
3. Depressive symptoms (T1)	0.63 ± 0.48	−0.20*	0.40**	–
4. Self-rated physical health (T1)	3.27 ± 0.39	0.14	0.04	−0.43**	–
5. Depressive symptoms (T2)	0.64 ± 0.43	−0.32**	0.31**	0.08	0.01	–
6. Self-rated physical health (T2)	3.23 ± 0.45	0.16*	−0.10	−0.11	0.20*	−0.43**

*p < .05.

**p < .01.

Table 3. Multilevel estimates for depressive symptoms and self-rated physical health.

	Depressive symptoms				Self-rated physical health
	Model A		Model B		Model C		Model D
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Within-couple level
Couple identity	−0.21*	0.09	−0.20*	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.14	0.11
Stigma			0.33^†	0.19			−0.27	0.21
Stigma × couple identity			0.36*	0.16			−0.16	0.17
Residual variance	0.66**	0.12	0.65**	0.14	0.86**	0.17	0.86**	0.18
Between-couple level
Couple identity	−0.41**	0.14	−0.40**	0.13	0.30^†	0.16	0.29^†	0.17
Stigma			0.56*	0.27			−0.49^†	0.29
Stigma × couple identity			0.68**	0.23			−0.57*	0.26
Intercept	1.12**	0.29	1.10**	0.31	2.86**	0.38	2.77**	0.37
Residual variance	0.23**	0.03	0.22**	0.03	0.46**	0.06	0.44**	0.05

^†p < .10.

*p < .05.

**p < .01.

Figure 1. Interactions of couple identity and stigma on depressive symptoms at within-level (a), depressive symptoms at between-level (b) and self-rated physical health at between-level (c).