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

UNICEF Malaysia has found that adolescents with HIV 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 conflic...

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Main Authors: Lourdunathan, Pamilia, Mohamad, Mardiana, Abdul Rahman, Shukran, Alwi, Azlin
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Published: 2018
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spelling my.iium.irep.813122020-08-10T01:40:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81312/ Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia Lourdunathan, Pamilia Mohamad, Mardiana Abdul Rahman, Shukran Alwi, Azlin BF Psychology UNICEF Malaysia has found that adolescents with HIV 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. 2018-10-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81312/1/C21.%20Issues%20faced%20by%20adolescents%20living%20with%20HIV%20.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81312/7/81312_Issues%20faced%20by%20adolescents.pdf Lourdunathan, Pamilia and Mohamad, Mardiana and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and Alwi, Azlin (2018) Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia. In: The 15th International Postgraduate Research Colloquium (IPRC2018), 3rd-4th October 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) https://twitter.com/psycstaiium/status/1020590786210029568?lang=en
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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language English
English
topic BF Psychology
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Lourdunathan, Pamilia
Mohamad, Mardiana
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Alwi, Azlin
Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia
description UNICEF Malaysia has found that adolescents with HIV 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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Lourdunathan, Pamilia
Mohamad, Mardiana
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Alwi, Azlin
author_facet Lourdunathan, Pamilia
Mohamad, Mardiana
Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Alwi, Azlin
author_sort Lourdunathan, Pamilia
title Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_short Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_full Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_fullStr Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in shelter homes in Malaysia
title_sort issues faced by adolescents living with hiv in shelter homes in malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/81312/1/C21.%20Issues%20faced%20by%20adolescents%20living%20with%20HIV%20.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/81312/7/81312_Issues%20faced%20by%20adolescents.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/81312/
https://twitter.com/psycstaiium/status/1020590786210029568?lang=en
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