Osobowościowe i społeczne uwarunkowania objawów traumy u kobiet i mężczyzn zakażonych wirusem HIV
Personality and social conditions of trauma symptoms in HIV -infected women and men

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article was to investigate the link between temperamental traits, stress coping styles, social support and the trauma symptoms in HIV-positive women and men. Studies were run on 310 HIV-positive people: 157 men and 153 women. Following questionnaires were used: Formal Characteristics of Behavior – Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS) and the factorial version of PTSD Inventory (PTSDF). The results suggest that HIV-positive men differ from HIV-positive women in stress coping styles. Concentrated on emotions stress coping style, sensor sensitivity and support seeking are highly correlated with the trauma symptoms in HIV-positive women and men.

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