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Coping and Belief Injust World in People Living with HIV/AIDS


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The present study is conducted to find out the significance of the relationship of coping of men and women living with HlV/AlDS with their personal and general belief injust world. A purposive sample of 100 male and 100 female people living with HlV/AlDS are selected for the study. The sample was selected for the study trom Positive People Network, NGOs and ART centers. The sample was collected trom Hubli-Dharwad Corporation and Gadag. Personal Belief in Just World Scale developed by Claudia Dalbert (1999); The General Belief in Just World Scale developed by Dalbert and Schmitt (1987); and Ways of Coping developed by Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus in (1985) scales were used to test the hypotheses. Results of the present study revealed that, all dimensions of coping- Controntive Coping, Distancing, Self Controlling, Social Support, Accepting Responsibility, Escape Avoidance, Planful Problem Solving, Positive Reappraisal are positively and significantly related to General belief and Personal belief of just world of men living with HlV/AlDS. Accept Accepting Responsibility, all other dimensions of coping are positively and significantly related to General belief and Personal belief ofjust world women living with HlV/AlDS.

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Coping, Belief Injust Worlds and Men and Women.
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Authors

Deepti B. Duggi
Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Iranna S. Amashi
Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Shanmukh V. Kamble
Department of Psychology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The present study is conducted to find out the significance of the relationship of coping of men and women living with HlV/AlDS with their personal and general belief injust world. A purposive sample of 100 male and 100 female people living with HlV/AlDS are selected for the study. The sample was selected for the study trom Positive People Network, NGOs and ART centers. The sample was collected trom Hubli-Dharwad Corporation and Gadag. Personal Belief in Just World Scale developed by Claudia Dalbert (1999); The General Belief in Just World Scale developed by Dalbert and Schmitt (1987); and Ways of Coping developed by Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus in (1985) scales were used to test the hypotheses. Results of the present study revealed that, all dimensions of coping- Controntive Coping, Distancing, Self Controlling, Social Support, Accepting Responsibility, Escape Avoidance, Planful Problem Solving, Positive Reappraisal are positively and significantly related to General belief and Personal belief of just world of men living with HlV/AlDS. Accept Accepting Responsibility, all other dimensions of coping are positively and significantly related to General belief and Personal belief ofjust world women living with HlV/AlDS.

Keywords


Coping, Belief Injust Worlds and Men and Women.

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