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Depression and Reasons for Living Among AIDS Patients
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Marquart, Abby L.
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Year and Degree
2009, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Abstract
The current study examined emotional distress, quality of life, physical health, and reasons for living in AIDS patients. Analyses revealed that emotional distress was associated with negative cognitive schemas related to the medical illness but not with physical functioning or role limitations. Importance attached to reasons for living reported by AIDS patients was best understood by overall quality of life. Reasons for living were not related to physical functioning. Results suggest that AIDS patients with poor physical functioning may maintain important reasons for living if a high sense of quality of life is achieved. Implications for improved assessment and treatment of quality of life in AIDS patients include treatment strategies that foster a sense of achievement, strengthen interpersonal relationships, and increase positive self-expression.
Committee
James Overholser, PhD (Committee Chair)
Norah Feeny, PhD (Committee Member)
T.J. McCallum, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
54 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
Keywords
depression
;
quality of life
;
reasons for living
;
AIDS
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Marquart, A. L. (2009).
Depression and Reasons for Living Among AIDS Patients
[Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1223570274
APA Style (7th edition)
Marquart, Abby.
Depression and Reasons for Living Among AIDS Patients.
2009. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1223570274.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Marquart, Abby. "Depression and Reasons for Living Among AIDS Patients." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1223570274
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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