The role of disclosure in coping with HIV infection

摘要: A qualitative investigation was conducted to explore the role of disclosure in HIV infection. Forty homosexual and bisexual men completed a short demographic questionnaire participated one-to-one, semi-structured interview. The interview designed address variety personal, interpersonal organizational issues related their status participants were invited talk about personal experiences from immediately prior diagnosis time results interviews are presented three sections: post-diagnosis, asymptomatic phase symptomatic/AIDS phases. data revealed that disclosing one's an acute recurrent stressor. Immediately individuals more likely adopt policy non-disclosure this provided them with opportunity come terms before having contend reactions others. After phase, there evidence increasingly used as mechanism for coping disease. Disclosure increase both practical emotional support, share responsibility sex facilitate self-acceptance condition. has dual infection acting stressor by which