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LIMA, Flávio Lúcio Almeida; SALDANHAI, Ana Alayde Werba  e  OLIVEIRA, Josevânia da Silva Cruz de. Subjective well-being in mothers of children with an undefined diagnosis of soropositivity for HIV/AIDS. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.1, pp. 141-157. ISSN 1677-1168.

The purpose of this study was to verify subjective well-being in mothers of children with an undefined diagnosis of soropositivity for HIV, assisted by the - SAE (Specialized Assistance Services) in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba State. The convenience sample comprised 30 mothers of children with an undefined diagnosis of soropositivity, with ages varying from 19 to 39 years old (M=27, SD=5.18). The Subjective Well-Being Scale (SWBS) and a social and demographic questionnaire were applied. Data were processed by the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) statistic program and analyzed through bivariate statistics (student’s t test; variance analysis). Results indicated instability in subjective well-being and association of the ‘positive affect’ factor with ‘care time’. In conclusion, living a situation of undefined diagnosis of soropositivity for HIV/AIDS awakens various feelings related to the history of the epidemic, to coping with the problem and to the implications in different personal domains, among which maternity.

Palavras-chave : vertical transmission; HIV/AIDS; subjective well-being.

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