Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between social contact frequency and pain, and the role of negative and positive affect in this relationship, among older adults with HIV in real-time, real world settings using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). A total of 66 (Mage=59.3, SD=6.3) older adults with HIV completed EMA surveys that included social contact frequency, pain level, and negative and positive affect four times per day for two weeks. Mixed-effects regression models were used to examine concurrent and lagged associations between social contact frequency, pain, and negative and positive affect. Greater recent social contract frequency was associated with less severe current pain (B=-0.04, SE=0.02, p
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