Coping with Multiple AIDS-Related Loss Among Gay Men

Abstract

Abstract This study examined strategies gay men used to cope with multiple AIDS-related loss. One hundred forty-one gay men completed a questionnaire assessing how many losses they had experienced and how they had dealt with their losses. Participants chose from a list of 19 possible response strategies and then rated their choices for degree of helpfulness. Results showed that support from others, especially friends and partners, and personal ways of dealing with loss, such as spirituality and accepting the loss, were most helpful in dealing with AIDS-related loss.