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Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia

UNICEF Malaysia has found that adolescents living with HIV/AIDS face several emotional, behavioural and social problems. Based on past literature, the result of these incidences has led to a lower well-being in these aspects. As the stage of adolescence is filled with change, inner growth, and somet...

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Main Authors: Lourdunathan, Pamilia, Rahman, Shukran Abdul, Mohamad, Mardiana, Alwi, Azlin
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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BF636 Applied psychology
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spelling my.iium.irep.743072019-09-24T04:58:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74307/ Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia Lourdunathan, Pamilia Rahman, Shukran Abdul Mohamad, Mardiana Alwi, Azlin BF636 Applied psychology UNICEF Malaysia has found that adolescents living with HIV/AIDS face several emotional, behavioural and social problems. Based on past literature, the result of these incidences has led to a lower well-being in these aspects. As the stage of adolescence is filled with change, inner growth, and sometimes conflict, adolescents coping with HIV face an added stressor as they strive to grow emotionally, behaviourally and socially. Given the lack of studies investigating these factors in a Malaysian setting, the present study seeks to fill this gap in research by identifying the issues facing adolescents with HIV. The main participants involved are namely: (1) 30 Malaysian adolescents with HIV from shelter homes; the personnel of the shelter homes comprising the: (2) programme coordinators; (3) staff; and (4) volunteers of the shelter homes, recruited via purposive sampling. Focus group discussions were conducted with the adolescents with HIV while semi-structured interviews were conducted with the personnel of the shelter homes. Thematic analysis was utilized in analysing findings through several themes. The findings indicated that the issues of adolescents living with HIV are Emotional issues, Behavioural issues, Social issues, Academic issues, Coping skills issues and Conative issues. These issues represent the main needs and problems faced by these adolescents. 2018-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74307/1/74307_Issues%20faced%20by%20adolescents%20living%20with%20HIV_complete.pdf Lourdunathan, Pamilia and Rahman, Shukran Abdul and Mohamad, Mardiana and Alwi, Azlin (2018) Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia. In: International Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2018 (IPRC 2018), 3rd-4th October 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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Lourdunathan, Pamilia
Rahman, Shukran Abdul
Mohamad, Mardiana
Alwi, Azlin
Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia
description UNICEF Malaysia has found that adolescents living with HIV/AIDS face several emotional, behavioural and social problems. Based on past literature, the result of these incidences has led to a lower well-being in these aspects. As the stage of adolescence is filled with change, inner growth, and sometimes conflict, adolescents coping with HIV face an added stressor as they strive to grow emotionally, behaviourally and socially. Given the lack of studies investigating these factors in a Malaysian setting, the present study seeks to fill this gap in research by identifying the issues facing adolescents with HIV. The main participants involved are namely: (1) 30 Malaysian adolescents with HIV from shelter homes; the personnel of the shelter homes comprising the: (2) programme coordinators; (3) staff; and (4) volunteers of the shelter homes, recruited via purposive sampling. Focus group discussions were conducted with the adolescents with HIV while semi-structured interviews were conducted with the personnel of the shelter homes. Thematic analysis was utilized in analysing findings through several themes. The findings indicated that the issues of adolescents living with HIV are Emotional issues, Behavioural issues, Social issues, Academic issues, Coping skills issues and Conative issues. These issues represent the main needs and problems faced by these adolescents.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Lourdunathan, Pamilia
Rahman, Shukran Abdul
Mohamad, Mardiana
Alwi, Azlin
author_facet Lourdunathan, Pamilia
Rahman, Shukran Abdul
Mohamad, Mardiana
Alwi, Azlin
author_sort Lourdunathan, Pamilia
title Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_short Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_full Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_fullStr Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_sort issues faced by adolescents living with hiv/aids in shelter homes in malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/74307/1/74307_Issues%20faced%20by%20adolescents%20living%20with%20HIV_complete.pdf
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