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Spiritual and religious implications of aging with HIV
— a conceptual and methodological review | | Author(s) | David E Vance, Thomas C Struzick, Toya V Russell |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, vol 19, no 3, 2007 |
| Publisher | Binghamton, NY, 2007 |
| Pages | pp 21-42 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Ageing process ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | Spirituality and religious practices can buffer people from stressful life circumstances and promote positive biopsychosocial outcomes. Although the beneficial effects of spirituality and religious practices have been documented in ageing and HIV, little is known regarding about its effects on older adults with HIV. As the number of older people with HIV increases - an estimated 91000 people aged 50+ have been diagnosed with the disease in the US - spirituality and religious practices may help HIV-positive people to age successfully. Crisis competence and spiritual trajectories are ways of conceptualising spiritual development when confronting age with a life-changing event such as being diagnosed with HIV. Methodological issues in studying spirituality in people ageing with HIV are identified, including defining spirituality and religiosity, heterogeneity of the population, timing of diagnosis, mode of transmission, sexual orientation, religious and cultural stigma, and hardiness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071127206 A |
| Classmark | CQTT: BG: EX: TR: 3D |
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