The relationships of spiritual well-being, selected demographic variables, spiritual variables, health indicators, and AIDS related activities to hardiness in persons who were HIV positive or were diagnosed with ARC or AIDS.

摘要

he purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of spiritual well-being, selected demographic variables, spiritual variables, health indicators, and AIDS related activities to hardiness in persons who were HIV+ or were diagnosed with ARC or AIDS.;The study derived its theoretical basis from the work of Viktor Frankl (1955, 1963, 1967). Frankl believed that psychological health was dependent on spiritual health. Surveys were administered to 100 subjects who were either HIV+ or diagnosed with ARC or AIDS. Each subject completed three instruments, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, the Personal Views Survey to measure hardiness, and the Demographic Data Survey.;The sample was described using Descriptive Statistics. Analysis of data included One-Way Analyses of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Product-Moment Correlations, and Multiple Regression techniques.;The results demonstrated that in this sample, there was a significant relationship between spiritual well-being and and hardiness (R =.417, p