Adjustment

Denial in the Styles of Coping with Hiv Infection

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628512
AutoresWilliam L Earl (AIDS Prevention Program, Denver Department of Health, Denver, Colorado, autor de correspondencia), 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
Año1992
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas35-47
Fecha de publicación1992-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/bbf6-bqqf-0pyc-wtyj
OpenAlexW2062829901
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas5

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