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dc.contributor.author | Dibb, B | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kamalesh, T | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-30T11:28:00Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-30T11:28:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | AIDS Care 24(2): 143 - 148, Jul 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0954-0121 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540121.2011.597710 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6166 | - |
dc.description | This published version of this article has been made available through Open Access by the Brunel University Open Access Publishing Fund and can be accessed at the link below - Copyright @ 2011 Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Research into living with HIV/AIDS has to date mainly focused on quality of life and there is little on the adjustment process for this group. The numbers of African women living with HIV/AIDS in the UK is growing and yet little is known about the adjustment experience for these women. This study explored aspects of positive adjustment to living with HIV/AIDS among a sample of African women living in London, UK. Transcripts of semi-structured interviews with 12 women were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Two superordinate themes emerged inductively from the data: positive changes in coping (subthemes: positive interpretation of their situation and positive behavioural changes) and positive growth since the HIV diagnosis (subthemes: changes in the value of life and, changes in goals and opportunities). While these women acknowledged the negative impact of living with HIV/AIDS, all participants mentioned changes in health behaviours to help regain mastery of their lives and comparing with others better-off and worse-off was used to enhance self-esteem and view their situation positively. The data show evidence for Taylor's Cognitive Adaptation Theory. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | en_US |
dc.subject | Positive adjustment | en_US |
dc.subject | Positive growth | en_US |
dc.subject | Qualitative | en_US |
dc.subject | IPA | en_US |
dc.title | Exploring positive adjustment in HIV positive African women living in the UK | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2011.597710 | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Active Staff | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Active Staff/School of Social Sciences | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Active Staff/School of Social Sciences/Psychology | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups/School of Health Sciences and Social Care - URCs and Groups | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/University Research Centres and Groups/School of Health Sciences and Social Care - URCs and Groups/Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies | - |
Appears in Collections: | Publications Brunel OA Publishing Fund Psychology Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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