DOI: 10.1177/1359105312440299

hpq.sagepub.com One-third of adults living with HIV/AIDS in the United States are 50 years of age or older and, by 2015, half of those living with HIV/ AIDS will be over 50 (Justice, 2010). Older adults with HIV/AIDS experience more physi-cal and psychosocial stressors and comorbid health conditions compared to their non-infected peers and younger individuals with HIV/AIDS (Goulet et al., 2007; Lyons et al., 2010). This includes higher rates of chronic diseases associated with aging as well as heightened risk of bone, cardiovascular, kid-ney, liver and lung disease associated with pro-longed exposure to HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral therapies (Justice, 2010; Vance, 2010). Further, older adults living with HIV/AIDS are ‘doubly stigmatized ’ because of their advanced age and HIV-seropositive status, increasing their risk for depression (Emlet, 2006, 2007). Approximately one-third of these individuals report elevated depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts (Heckman et al., 2002; Kalichman et al., 2000). The structure of coping among older adults living with HIV/AIDS and depressive symptom