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“I Have Moments Where I Am Down, But It Has Made Me Resilient”: Mental Health Strengths Among Youth At-Risk for and Living with HIV

  • Katherine Alyssa Lewis
  • , Curtis Wong
  • , Alice Ma
  • , Hailey Valles
  • , Dianna Polanco
  • , Gita Bhattacharya
  • , Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold
  • , Maria Isabel Fernández
  • , Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
  • , Dallas Travis Swendeman

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We analyzed mental health strengths among youth at-risk for or living with HIV ages 14 to 24 years. In total, 13% of participants were living with HIV, 88% identified as LGBQ+, and 14% identified as transgender, gender diverse, or non-binary. Most identified as either Hispanic/Latine (36%) or non-Hispanic Black (44%). Data from 257 youth in Los Angeles, California, and New Orleans, Louisiana, were collected within strengths-based coaching interventions for HIV prevention and treatment continuums through the Adolescent HIV Medicine Trials Network. Case notes from strengths assessment responses were analyzed to identify participants’ mental health strengths. Data were analyzed using content analysis and a theoretical lens integrating resilience theory and the minority stress model. In all, 96.9% of participants identified at least one strength. Participants described intrapersonal resilience assets (protective traits, stress management activities, feeling positive despite challenges, and no current mental health problems) and external resilience resources (peer and family social/emotional support and professional mental health care with sub-themes therapy/counseling and medication use). These results may inform the implementation of this coaching intervention and highlight youth’s ability to identify their strengths related to their mental health.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)223-250
Número de páginas28
PublicaciónJournal of Adolescent Research
Volumen41
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublished - mar 2026

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with supplemental funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for grant U19HD089886. This study also received support from the National Institute of Mental Health through the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (P30MH058107), the UCLA Center for AIDS Research (P30AI028697), and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001881). We would like to thank the study participants and community partners for their time commitment in participating in the study and helping advance the field of HIV prevention and treatment. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This study was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with supplemental funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for grant U19HD089886. This study also received support from the National Institute of Mental Health through the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (P30MH058107), the UCLA Center for AIDS Research (P30AI028697), and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001881). We would like to thank the study participants and community partners for their time commitment in participating in the study and helping advance the field of HIV prevention and treatment. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This study was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with supplemental funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for grant U19HD089886. This study also received support from the National Institute of Mental Health through the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (P30MH058107), the UCLA Center for AIDS Research (P30AI028697), and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001881). We would like to thank the study participants and community partners for their time commitment in participating in the study and helping advance the field of HIV prevention and treatment. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with supplemental funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for grant U19HD089886. This study also received support from the National Institute of Mental Health through the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (P30MH058107), the UCLA Center for AIDS Research (P30AI028697), and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001881). We would like to thank the study participants and community partners for their time commitment in participating in the study and helping advance the field of HIV prevention and treatment. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

FinanciadoresNúmero del financiador
Center for AIDS Research, University of California Los Angeles
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Author National Institute on Drug Abuse DA031791 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse DA006634 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA026117 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA028162 Elizabeth G Pitts National Institute of General Medical Sciences GM102773 Elizabeth G Pitts Peter McManus Charitable Trust Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)U19HD089886
Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, University of California, Los AngelesP30MH058107
Center for AIDS Research, University of WashingtonP30AI028697
University of California Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001881

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