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Background: Hostility can result in negative outcomes in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA); however, previous research on this topic is far from adequate. To contribute to existing knowledge on this aspect of PLWHA, the current study examined the prevalence of hostility and its potential influencing factors among PLWHA.Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was undertaken on 218 HIV patients in Heilongjiang Province of China between March and August in 2013. A multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with hostility.Results: The prevalence of hostility was 17.0% among the participants. The three most alarming types of hostility included desiring to kill the person who infected them, blaming the infection on the society, and abandoning themselves to despair. A multiple logistic regression model identified that depression (OR = 3.845, 95% CI = 1.309-9.229), perceived stigma (OR = 3.281, 95% CI = 1.109-7.711), and fear of dying (OR = 2.710, 95% CI = 1.068-6.881) were the risk factors for hostility, while higher levels of trust-in-doctor (OR = 0.176, 95% CI = 0.060-0.517) and per capita household income (OR = 0.344, 95% CI = 0.119-0.991) were protective factors.Conclusions: Our findings highlight the prominent influence of psychological, healthcare, and social factors on hostility among PLWHA. Interventions specifically targeted to reduce hostility should be provided, including incorporating psychological service into HIV management guidelines, enhancing PLWHA's trust-in-doctor, establishing comprehensive services for PLWHA, reducing the social stigma against PLWHA, and paying more attention to PLWHA with financial problems. These interventions may improve the management and control of HIV/AIDS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: University student became a target population for number of research studies due to increased number and types of mental and psychosocial problems that they suffer from. Objective: To examine the relationship between depression, hostility and substance use among university students in Jordan. Study design: Descriptive correlation study. Data collected on demographics, depression, hostility, and substance use from 572 university students in Jordan. Results: Almost 75% of the university students had mild to severe depression. Tobacco, pain killers, stimulants, tranquilizers, inhalants, and alcohol respectively were the most used substances. Depression was negatively correlated with hostility(r = .10, p= .04) and tobacco use (r =.19, p < .001). Depression level has positive correlation with frequency of using pain killers, inhalants, stimulants, tranquilizers, and heroine (p < .05). Male and female university students were not different in their depression scores, hostility, and frequency of substance use. Conclusions: Depression, hostility and substance use were correlated. Mental health care providers have to understand the impact of depression among university students in Jordan. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Presents the abstracts that will be presented in the poster session of the Society for Psychophysiological Research conference. "Prepulse Inhibition and the Psychological Refractory Period," by Melissa L. Rawley; "Sex Differences in Event Related Brain Responses in Semantic Priming," by Jerome Daltrozzo and Boris Kotchoubey; "Neuroelectric Assessment of Ecstasy Use in Young Adults," by Brian A. Lopez and John Polich.