Psychological Adjustment to HIV infection (MAHIVS)
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Kelly, B., Raphael, B., Burrows, G., Judd, F., Kernutt, G., Burnett, P., et al. (2000). Measuring psychological adjustment to HIV infection. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 30(1), 41-59.
4-point Likert scale from Definitely does not apply to me to Definitely does apply to me
Factor 1: Hopelessness
1. At the moment I take one day at a time.
2. Problems with my health prevent me planning ahead.
3. I suffer a great deal of anxiety about it.
4. I feel like giving up.
5. I am not very hopeful about the future.
6. I have plans for the future.
7. I feel that life is hopeless.
8. I feel I can’t do anything to cheer myself up.
9. I try to carry on my life as I have always done.
Factor 2: Fighting Spirit/Self-Efficacy
10. I have been doing things that I believe will change my health, e.g. diet.
11. I firmly believe I will get better.
12. I have been doing things that I believe will improve my health, e.g. exercised.
13. I believe that my positive attitude will improve my health.
14. I try to fight the illness
15. I feel that there is nothing I can do to help myself.
Factor 3: Personal Control
16. I avoid finding out more about it.
17. I would like to make contact with others.
18. I am trying to get as much information as I can.
19. I’ve left it all to my doctors
Factor 4: Minimization
20. I’ve put myself in the hands of God.
21. I count my blessings.
22. I keep busy so that I don’t have time to think about it.
Factor 5
23. I try to keep a sense of humor about it.
Other people worry about it more than I do.
Cronbach's alpha = 0.84 and 0.8 for factors 1 and 2; it was 0.52 for factors 3 and 4.
Construct validity
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Kelly, B., Raphael, B., Burrows, G., Judd, F., Kernutt, G., Burnett, P., et al. (2000). Measuring psychological adjustment to HIV infection. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 30(1), 41-59.
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