Adjustment

Denial in the Styles of Coping with Hiv Infection

Bibliographic Data

ID13628512
AuthorsWilliam L Earl (AIDS Prevention Program, Denver Department of Health, Denver, Colorado, corresponding author), Carolyn Martindale, C J Martindale (AIDS Prevention Program, Denver Department of Health, Denver, Colorado), David Cohn (AIDS Prevention Program, Denver Department of Health, Denver, Colorado), David V Cohn
Year1992
Volume24
Issue1
Pages35-47
Publication date1992-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/bbf6-bqqf-0pyc-wtyj
OpenAlexW2062829901
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This study describes styles of denial associated with traumatic information (specifically HIV/AIDS infection). Participants were referred from three sites. Psychosocial, knowledge, and belief inventories were administered in structured individual interviews. CDC evaluations of high risk also were utilized. Clients with similar knowledge bases exhibited some differences in evaluating “risk groups” versus “high risk behavior.” Three styles of denial emerged: a) Primary Denial (PD), 2) Secondary Denial (SD), and 3) Denial with no benefit (NBD) ( Deferred Behavior-conscious knowledge is high). The three styles were evenly distributed PD = 38 percent (22); SD = 33 percent (19); NBD = 29 percent (17). There appeared to be some mobility where 9 percent of the total population migrated from one style to a higher adaptive style

Coping (psychology · Denial · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology