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- Title
Coping and belief in just world in people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Authors
Duggi, Deepti B.; Amashi, Iranna S.; Kamble, Shanmukh V.
- Abstract
The present study is conducted to find out the significance of the relationship of coping of men and women living with HIV/AIDS with their personal and general belief in just world. Apurposive sample of 100 male and 100 female people living with HIV/AIDS are selected for the study. The sample was selected for the study from Positive People Network, NGOs and ART centers. The sample was collected from Hubli-Dharwad Corporation and Gadag. Personal Belief in Just World Scale developed by Claudia Dalbert (1999); The General Belief in Just World Scale developed by Dalbert and Schmitt (1987); and Ways of Coping developed by Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus in (1985) scales were used to test the hypotheses. Results of the present study revealed that, all dimensions of coping- Confrontive Coping, Distancing, Self Controlling, Social Support, Accepting Responsibility, Escape Avoidance, Planful Problem Solving, Positive Reappraisal are positively and significantly related to General belief and Personal belief of just world of men living with HIV/AIDS. Accept Accepting Responsibility, all other dimensions of coping are positively and significantly related to General belief and Personal belief of just world women living with HIV/AIDS.
- Subjects
HIV-positive persons; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; BELIEF &; doubt; PERSONALITY &; motivation; TRUST
- Publication
Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 3, p355
- ISSN
2229-5356
- Publication type
Article