Resilience factors associated with adaptation to HIV disease

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作者
Farber, EW [1 ]
Schwartz, JAJ [1 ]
Schaper, PE [1 ]
Moonen, DJ [1 ]
McDaniel, JS [1 ]
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[1] Emory Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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10.1176/appi.psy.41.2.140
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
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This study examines the hardiness dimensions of commitment, challenge, and control as resilience factors in adaptation among persons with symptomatic HIV disease and AIDS. Two hundred participants completed self-report questionnaires measuring hardiness, psychological distress, quality of life, and core personal beliefs. A series of standard multiple regression analyses revealed that high hardiness was significantly related to 1) lower psychological distress levels; 2) higher perceived quality of life in physical health, mental health, and overall functioning domains; 3) more positive personal beliefs regarding the benevolence of the world and people, self-worth, and randomness of life events; and 4) lowered belief in controllability of life events. Commitment was the hardiness factor that most frequently made a unique contribution to predicting adaptation in the regression models. Implications of these findings for understanding HIV-related adaptation and for clinical mental health intervention are considered Future directions in HIV-related adaptation research are suggested.
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