TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological effects of a life review intervention for persons with HIV disease
AU - Vaughan, Susan M.
AU - Kinnier, Richard T.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The purpose of this study was to evaluate a life review intervention for persons with HIV disease. Twenty-seven adults with HIV disease (16 had been diagnosed with AIDS) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: a group life review intervention (n = 8), a traditional support group (n = 9), or a waiting list (n = 10). Using a pre-post design, participants were compared on psychological measures of optimism, self-esteem, purpose in life, coping ability, psychological distress, and death anxiety. Although analyses revealed no significant differences between the interventions, statistical trends and participants' written evaluations favored the life review intervention. Attrition was a significant problem. Discussion focuses on the special problems encountered in conducting psychological intervention research with an HIV-positive population.
AB - The purpose of this study was to evaluate a life review intervention for persons with HIV disease. Twenty-seven adults with HIV disease (16 had been diagnosed with AIDS) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: a group life review intervention (n = 8), a traditional support group (n = 9), or a waiting list (n = 10). Using a pre-post design, participants were compared on psychological measures of optimism, self-esteem, purpose in life, coping ability, psychological distress, and death anxiety. Although analyses revealed no significant differences between the interventions, statistical trends and participants' written evaluations favored the life review intervention. Attrition was a significant problem. Discussion focuses on the special problems encountered in conducting psychological intervention research with an HIV-positive population.
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U2 - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb02321.x
DO - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb02321.x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0030355899
SN - 0748-9633
VL - 75
SP - 115
EP - 123
JO - Journal of Counseling and Development
JF - Journal of Counseling and Development
IS - 2
ER -