Posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic depreciation among people living with HIV: the role of resilience and HIV/AIDS stigma in the person-centered approach

Figures & data

Figure 1. Data analysis plan.

Table 1. Socio-demographic variables in the studied sample (N = 509).

Variable	N (%)
Gender
Male	441 (86.6%)
Female	68 (13.4%)
Age in years (M ± SD)	39.99 ± 10.41
Marital status
Stable relationship	275 (54.0%)
Single	234 (46.0%)
Education
Elementary	14 (2.8%)
Vocational	41 (8.1%)
Secondary	175 (34.4%)
Higher education	279 (54.8%)
Employment
Full employment	377 (74.1%)
Unemployed	55 (10.8%)
Illness allowance	56 (11.0%)
Retired	21 (4.1%)
Financial situation
Very good	90 (17.7%)
Good	239 (47.0%)
Average	140 (27.5%)
Bad	28 (5.5%)
Very bad	12 (2.4%)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	136 (26.7%)
Homosexual	328 (64.4%)
Other	45 (8.8%)
Addicted	79 (15.5%)
Diagnosed with AIDS	80 (15.7%)
Detectable viremia	51 (10.0%)
The way of infection
Sexual intercourse with a man	360 (70.7%)
Sexual intercourse with a woman	57 (11.2%)
Drug injection	47 (9.2%)
Blood products	7 (1.4%)
Other	38 (7.5%)
Period of ARV treatment (M ± SD)	7.21 ± 5.57
CD4 level (M ± SD)	606.41 ± 214.79

Note: M = Mean, SD = standard deviation.

Table 2. Descriptive statistics for the analyzed variables.

Variables	M	SD	S	K	α
PTG	52.37	33.97	.05	−1.15	.97
PTD	22.62	25.36	1.27	1.02	.95
Stigma	91.12	23.06	.38	−.32	.83
Resilience	3.37	0.88	−.20	−.30	.94

Note: M – mean value; SD – standard deviation; S – skewness; K – kurtosis; α – Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient.

Figure 2. Profiles of PTG and PTD in extracted clusters.

Note: The figure presents the standardized values of PTG and PTD in the extracted clusters.

Table 3. Statistically significant relationships between extracted clusters and socio-medical data.

Variable	Cluster No. 1	Cluster No. 2	Cluster No. 3	Cluster No. 4
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Higher education	159 (62.1%)	12 (41.4%)	57 (45.6%)	20 (55.6%)	χ^2(3) = 11.83, p < .01
Full employment	199 (77.7%)	18 (62.1%)	97 (77.6%)	14 (38.9%)	χ^2(3) = 27.55, p < .001
Non-heteronormative orientation	207 (80.9%)	20 (69.0%)	79 (63.2%)	25 (69.4%)	χ^2(3) = 14.68, p < .01
Period of ARV treatment (M ± SD)	6.59 ± 5.50	8.14 ± 5.10	8.12 ± 5.39	8.28 ± 6.64	F(3,442) = 2.89, p < .05

Note: M – mean value; SD – standard deviation; χ² – chi-squared test for independence; df – degrees of freedom; p – statistical significance; F – one-way analysis of variance.

Figure 3. Standardized values of discriminant functions representing stigma and resilience in extracted clusters.