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- Title
The Importance of Positive Psychological Factors among People Living with HIV: A Comparative Study.
- Authors
Rivera-Picón, Cristina; Benavente-Cuesta, María Hinojal; Quevedo-Aguado, María Paz; Rodríguez-Muñoz, Pedro Manuel
- Abstract
We aim to identify the differences in psychological well-being, resilience, and coping strategies between healthy subjects and HIV patients. The design followed in this work was empirical, not experimental, and cross-sectional with a correlational objective. The sample included a total of 399 participants (199 patients with HIV and 200 without pathology). The instruments applied for data collection were as follows: a questionnaire on socio-demographic data, the Psychological Well-being Scale, the Resilience Scale and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. The study period was from February 2018 to January 2020. Patients with HIV had a significantly lower score than healthy subjects, in the resilience factors of perseverance and self-confidence. Subjects with HIV scored less in all dimensions of psychological well-being, with the exception of the dimension of autonomy. Finally, it was observed that HIV-positive subjects used rational coping strategies less frequently than healthy subjects, based on social support seeking and problem-solving coping. However, HIV patients scored higher in emotional coping strategies than healthy individuals.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL factors; HIV-positive persons; PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being; PSYCHOMETRICS; COPING Strategies Questionnaire; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 8, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-328X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bs12080288