Objectives: AIDS is a debilitating chronic infectious disease. Identification of personality characters and hope of HIV- positive patients impacts the improvement of health services. The aim of this research was to evaluate the correlation between the personality characters and hope in HIV- positive patients. Method: Some 42 HIV-positive patients with available sampling method were selected. Hope questionnaire and NEO-PI-R scale were used for evaluation of personality characters and hope. Data analysis was done via Pearson and multivariate regression analysis. Results: Data analysis showed independent negative correlation between neuroticism and hope and positive dependent correlation between extroversion and hope. Conclusion: Only neuroticism can independently predict hope in HIV-positive patients. Neurotic persons are depressive, anxious, irrational, stressful, with guilt feeling. So HIV positive patients with high neuroticism score probably have low hope.
Hosseinsabet, F. & Fayezipour, M. (2013). The Correlation of Personality Characters and Hope in HIV- Positive Patients. Counseling and psychotherapy culture, 4(16), 1–14.
MLA
Hosseinsabet, F., & Fayezipour, M. "The Correlation of Personality Characters and Hope in HIV- Positive Patients", Counseling and psychotherapy culture, 4, 16, 2013, 1–14.
HARVARD
Hosseinsabet, F., & Fayezipour, M. (2013). 'The Correlation of Personality Characters and Hope in HIV- Positive Patients', Counseling and psychotherapy culture, 4(16), pp. 1–14.
CHICAGO
Hosseinsabet, F. & Fayezipour, M., "The Correlation of Personality Characters and Hope in HIV- Positive Patients." Counseling and psychotherapy culture, 4 16 (2013): 1–14,
VANCOUVER
Hosseinsabet F., Fayezipour M. The Correlation of Personality Characters and Hope in HIV- Positive Patients. Counseling and psychotherapy culture. 2013;4(16):1–14 (In Persian).
