title: Spiritual well-being among HIV-infected adolescents and their families.
abstract: Congruence in spirituality between HIV+ adolescent (n = 40)/family (n = 40) dyads and psychological adjustment and quality of life were assessed, using the Spiritual Well-Being Scale of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy, Beck Depression Inventory-II, Beck Anxiety Inventory and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory at baseline and 3-month post-intervention. Adolescents were 60 % female and 92 % African American. Congruence in spirituality between adolescent/surrogate dyads remained unchanged at 3 months. High congruence existed for "having a reason for living"; rejection of "life lacks meaning/purpose" and "HIV is a punishment from God." Adolescents were less likely to forgive the harm others caused them than their families.
authors.affiliation: Center for Translational Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Room M7658, 111 Michigan Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, 20010-2970, USA, mlyon@cnmc.org.
authors.forename: Maureen E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garvie
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malow
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCarter
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D061347:Forgiveness; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011678:Punishment; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012803:Sick Role; D029181:Spirituality