The social sharing of emotions in HIV/AIDS: A comparative study of HIV/AIDS, diabetic and cancer patients
Abstract
Studies have shown that chronic illness patients encounter difficulties in the Social Sharing of Emotions (SSE). Do HIV/AIDS patients present distinguishing traits in the inhibition of illness and non-illness related emotions? The differences in the SSE between 35 HIV/AIDS, 35 diabetes and 34 cancer outpatients were studied. A questionnaire assessed illness-related emotions, SSE and emotional inhibition. The HIV/AIDS group significantly presented: superior scoring in shame, guilt and non-sharing of illness-related emotions, lower frequencies of SSE and less sharing partners. These findings could lead to future research examining the emotional expression of guilt and shame in HIV/AIDS.
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Psychology
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Cantisano, Rimé, Munoz Sastre, 2012, The Social Sharing of emotions in HIVAIDS A comparative study of HIVAIDS, Diabetes and Cancer Patients, JHP (1).pdf (458.77 Ko)
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