People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) often face significant stress, ranging from perceiving
identity changes to encountering barriers to daily health behavior engagement. To manage …

Background Changes of affective well‐being are usually analysed either as longitudinal
processes or as daily fluctuations. We used a three‐burst diary study to combine these …

This study investigated the intraindividual variability in daily posttraumatic growth (PTG)
versus posttraumatic depreciation (PTD), positive and negative affect (PA and NA), and …

Acute and chronic life stressors have a detrimental effect on the health of people living with
HIV. Psychosocial resources such as mastery, coping, and social support may play a critical …

Increasing evidence suggests that positive affect plays an important role in adaptation to
chronic illness, independent of levels of negative affects like depression. Positive affect may …

Background Psychological adjustment and coping are central to human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) management. To improve HIV-infected patients' ability to cope with stress, a …

Background: AIDS-related bereavement is a severe life stressor that may be particularly
distressing to persons themselves infected with HIV. Increasing evidence suggests that …

Background: Psychological research in people living with HIV (PLWH) has been dominated
by studies on the negative consequences of HIV infection. However, recently, positive …

Objective: Revised Stress and Coping Theory proposes that positive affect serves adaptive
functions, and its beneficial effects are heightened during stressful periods. This study …

As new treatments enhance mortality, and infection rates continue to grow in many
communities, the concept of “living well” with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection …