TY - JOUR
T1 - Motivation, Management, and Mastery
T2 - A Theory of Resilience in the Context of HIV Infection
AU - de Santis, Joseph P.
AU - Florom-Smith, Aubrey
AU - Vermeesch, Amber
AU - Barroso, Susana
AU - DeLeon, Diego A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Beta Tau Chapter of Sigma Theta International (Joseph De Santis, PI). Support for this research was received from the Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research: EL CENTRO, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Grant P60MD002266.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Clients with HIV infection have been conceptualized as a resilient population. Although a few researchers have documented resilience among clients with HIV infection, a theory of resilience in the context of HIV infection has not been developed. The purpose of this study was to describe the process by which resilience occurs for clients in the context of HIV infection. METHOD: Grounded theory methodology was used to sample and analyze data from 15 qualitative interviews with adults with HIV infection. Data were collected until saturation was reached. RESULTS: A theory, motivation, management, and mastery, a description of the process by which resilience occurs in the context of HIV infection, emerged from the data. CONCLUSION: Many clients living with HIV infection are resilient, despite the physical, psychological, and social challenges of this chronic illness. Nursing interventions to promote resilience among clients with HIV infection should be directed toward identification of client motivation factors and disease management strategies that may influence health outcomes of people living with HIV infection.
AB - BACKGROUND: Clients with HIV infection have been conceptualized as a resilient population. Although a few researchers have documented resilience among clients with HIV infection, a theory of resilience in the context of HIV infection has not been developed. The purpose of this study was to describe the process by which resilience occurs for clients in the context of HIV infection. METHOD: Grounded theory methodology was used to sample and analyze data from 15 qualitative interviews with adults with HIV infection. Data were collected until saturation was reached. RESULTS: A theory, motivation, management, and mastery, a description of the process by which resilience occurs in the context of HIV infection, emerged from the data. CONCLUSION: Many clients living with HIV infection are resilient, despite the physical, psychological, and social challenges of this chronic illness. Nursing interventions to promote resilience among clients with HIV infection should be directed toward identification of client motivation factors and disease management strategies that may influence health outcomes of people living with HIV infection.
KW - AIDS
KW - HIV infection
KW - resilience
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U2 - 10.1177/1078390312474096
DO - 10.1177/1078390312474096
M3 - Article
C2 - 23392433
AN - SCOPUS:84873615603
VL - 19
SP - 36
EP - 46
JO - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
JF - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
SN - 1078-3903
IS - 1
ER -
