Smith Sharon T, Blanchard Jennifer, Kools Susan, Butler Derrick
Hahn School of Nursing, University of San Diego, 10146 Challenger Circle, Spring Valley, San Diego, CA, 91978-2016, USA.
Department of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
J Relig Health. 2017 Feb;56(1):188-204. doi: 10.1007/s10943-016-0245-4.
Spirituality is important to holistic health, yet little is known about its impact on young people with HIV. To address this knowledge deficit, a grounded theory study used semi-structured interviews of 20 Christian-identified adolescent and emerging adult gay males and one perinatally infected male. This study revealed that, to cope with HIV health issues, participants used a process of reconnecting with their spirituality. In order to successfully reconnect with their spirituality, study participants reported a need to re-embrace and re-engage in spiritual practices, hold onto hope, believe they are normal, and commit to beliefs and practices despite rejection from the church.
精神层面对于整体健康很重要，但我们对其对感染艾滋病毒的年轻人的影响却知之甚少。为了填补这一知识空白，一项扎根理论研究对20名自称是基督教徒的青少年和成年男同性恋者以及一名围产期感染的男性进行了半结构化访谈。该研究表明，为了应对艾滋病毒健康问题，参与者采用了一个重新与他们的精神层面建立联系的过程。为了成功地重新与他们的精神层面建立联系，研究参与者报告说，需要重新接受并参与精神实践，抱有希望，相信自己是正常的，并且尽管遭到教会的排斥，仍要坚持信仰和实践。
