The associations between resilience, social capital and self-rated health among HIV-positive South Africans

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1463-1473

  Dageid, Wenche ^a   Grønlie, Anette A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development   (Norway)

Author keywords

HIV; resilience; self rated health; social capital; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84944078948     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313513623     Document Type: Article

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