Individuals with personalities high in negative affect are particularly vulnerable to this pattern. Apart from mulling the past, the individual, under the pressure of prospective loss or fail- ure, may already be somewhat depressed, and the emotional tone of the ruminative ...
insecurity [19], lack of food or appropriate housing [20,21] or social support [24], loneliness [22,23], or psychological hardships such as stigma [19,23,24], depression [25], and substance abuse [25,26] are known to affect the health and well-being of this vulnerable HIV population...