Temperament traits, coping style and trauma symptoms in HIV+ men and women.
This article presents a study of relations between temperament traits and coping style, and intensity of trauma symptoms in HIV+ men and women. The study was run on 310 HIV + individuals (157 men and 153 women) in or not in the AIDS phase. Temperament traits were assessed with the Formal characteristics of behaviour - temperament inventory. Coping styles were assessed with the Coping inventory for stressful situations. Intensity of trauma symptoms was assessed with the Factorial version of the post-traumatic stress disorder inventory. Coping style had the greatest effect on intensity of trauma symptoms. Emotion-focused coping accounted for 13% of the variance of trauma symptom intensity in HIV + participants. Together, sensory sensibility, emotional reactivity and emotion-focused coping accounted for 26% of the variance of trauma intensity symptoms. Emotion-focused coping and emotional reactivity were conducive to increased trauma symptom intensity in HIV+ participants whereas sensory sensibility tended to reduce symptom intensity.
Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. mrzeszutek@psych.uw.edu.pl
Marcin
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Rzeszutek
Włodzimierz
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Oniszczenko
Ewa
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Firląg-Burkacka
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D040921:Stress Disorders, Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult