Analysis of resilience and sexual behavior in persons with HIV infection

Bibliographic Data

ID4407063
AuthorsLudgleydson Fernandes Araújo (0000-0003-4486-7565, Universidade Federal do Piauí, corresponding author), Ludgleydson Fernandes De Araújo, Inmaculada Teva (0000-0002-3834-7208, Universidad de Granada), José Hernández Quero, José Hernández‐Quero (0000-0002-9965-8763, Universidad de Granada), Antonio Ortega Reyes (Universidad de Granada), María De La Paz Bermúdez (Universidad de Granada)
Year2017
Volume30
Issue1
Pages21-21
Publication date2017-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsicologia Reflexão e Crítica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-7972 • E-ISSN: 1678-7153
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s41155-017-0076-6
PMID32026123
OpenAlexW2761622436
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited39

The main objective of this study was to evaluate ex post facto resilience in persons with HIV infection and its relationship to socio-demographic and sexual behavior variables. Participants included 159 persons with HIV infection, of both sexes, aged between 19 and 55 years. Fifty-one percent of patients were infected through homosexual means. Sixty-seven percent were in the asymptomatic phase of infection. Assessment instruments used were the following: a questionnaire on socio-demographic data and sexual behavior and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. The evaluation was individual, voluntary, and anonymous. The results showed that 49.05% of patients had average resilience, 27.68% had high resilience, and 23.37% had low resilience. They found that heterosexual patients infected with HIV, diagnosed between 1985 and 1990 (23 and 28 years of diagnosis) and those who had disclosed their HIV status to more than 30 people, had greater resilience than homosexual patients, diagnosed between 1996 and 2000 (13 and 17 years of diagnosis) and those who had disclosed their HIV status to 1-5 people. Finally, resilience was not a predictor of sexual risk factor. It is suggested that health interventions take into account the resilience and psychological variables that may be beneficial to improve coping with the disease

Asymptomatic · Coping (psychology) · Environmental health · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Marital status · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychological resilience · Clinical Psychology · Demography · HIV-related health complications and treatments · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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