Attachment, forgiveness, and physical health quality of life in HIV + adults

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1333-1340

  Martin, Luci A ^a   Vosvick, Mark ^b   Riggs, Shelley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; forgiveness; HIV AIDS; physical health; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; CHRONIC PATIENT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HEALTH; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 84868599936     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.648598     Document Type: Article

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