Journal of Religion and Health
Volume 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1850-1863

The Role of Mediators in the Indirect Effects of Religiosity on Therapeutic Compliance in African Migrant HIV-Positive Patients (Article)

Mambet Doue C.* , Roussiau N.
  • a Laboratory of Psychology of Pays de la Loire (EA 4638), Department of Psychology, University of Nantes, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, BP 81227, Nantes Cedex 3, 44312, France
  • b Laboratory of Psychology of Pays de la Loire (EA 4638), Department of Psychology, University of Nantes, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, BP 81227, Nantes Cedex 3, 44312, France

Abstract

This research investigates the indirect effects of religiosity (practice and belief) on therapeutic compliance in 81 HIV-positive patients who are migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (23 men and 58 women). Using analyses of mediation and standard multiple regression, including a resampling procedure by bootstrapping, the role of these mediators (magical-religious beliefs and nonuse of toxic substances) was tested. The results show that, through magical-religious beliefs, religiosity has a negative indirect effect, while with the nonuse of toxic substances, religious practice has a positive indirect effect. Beyond religiosity, the role of mediators is highlighted in the interaction with therapeutic compliance. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

mediation African migrants HIV/AIDS Religion

Index Keywords

HIV Infections Africa south of the Sahara human Health Behavior highly active antiretroviral therapy middle aged Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active statistics and numerical data Aged ethnology religion Surveys and Questionnaires Young Adult Humans psychology Black person Adolescent African Continental Ancestry Group male female questionnaire patient compliance adult migration Transients and Migrants Religion and Medicine
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DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0155-x
ISSN: 00224197
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English