Vienna Nightingale|Tamara Goldman Sher|Nathan B. Hansen
The impact of receiving an HIV diagnosis and cognitive processing on psychological distress and posttraumatic growth
Yale University|Illinois Institute of Technology|Yale University
abstract study examined human immunodeficiency virus hiv traumatic stressor intrusive deliberate cognitive processing psychological distress posttraumatic growth onehundred twelve participants completed interviews posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd criterion rumination scalerevised impact event scale posttraumatic growth inventory relationships modeled using path analysis model 1 attempted replicate prior empirical research model 2 attempted empirically replicate part posttraumatic growth theoretical model model 3 attempted empirically replicate integrated model posttraumatic growth traumatic stress theories model 3 good fit study data results suggest shared separate pathways traumatic stressor psychological distress posttraumatic growth pathways mediated cognitive processing implications findings discussed