Open AccessThe role of mechanisms of buffering anxiety in HIV carriers. A study within the terror management theory paradigm
Author(s) -
Marta Kwiatkowska,
Brygida Knysz,
Jacek Gąsiorowski,
Aleksandra Łuszczyńska,
Andrzej Gładysz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
postępy higieny i medycyny doświadczalnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1732-2693
pISSN - 0032-5449
DOI - 10.5604/17322693.934030
Subject(s) - terror management theory , anxiety , psychology , mechanism (biology) , posttraumatic growth , death anxiety , personality , psychological adaptation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology , family medicine , pathology
The paper concerns definition of the level of posttraumatic growth (PTG), the psychological adaptation mechanism occurring after extreme experiences in life, such as being informed of having HIV infection.