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Death Anxiety amongst HIV Infected Persons


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1 Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
     

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This objective of this research was to study the effect of HIV infection and gender on death anxiety the sample consisted of 100 subjects in which 50 were HIV infected (25 males&25 Females) and 50 were non-infected (25 male and 25 female) from Jaipur division 2×2 factorial design was used. Analyzed by using analysis of Variance. Results showed that death anxiety level of HIV infected respondents was higher than non-infected individuals. Females were found to have significantly higher death anxiety than males. The interaction effect of HIV infection and gender on death anxiety was not significant.

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HIV/AIDS, Death Anxiety, Stigma.
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Authors

O. P. Sharma
Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Mangi Lai
Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Himalaya Tiwari
Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
V. K. Kalwania
Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Abstract


This objective of this research was to study the effect of HIV infection and gender on death anxiety the sample consisted of 100 subjects in which 50 were HIV infected (25 males&25 Females) and 50 were non-infected (25 male and 25 female) from Jaipur division 2×2 factorial design was used. Analyzed by using analysis of Variance. Results showed that death anxiety level of HIV infected respondents was higher than non-infected individuals. Females were found to have significantly higher death anxiety than males. The interaction effect of HIV infection and gender on death anxiety was not significant.

Keywords


HIV/AIDS, Death Anxiety, Stigma.