Self-disclosure, accessing counseling services and psychological well-being among HIV-positive women.

Abstract

The purpose of the study to was to find out whether self-disclosure significantly affected accessing counselling services and psychological well-being. It also investigated the relationship between accessing counselling services and psychological well-being. A correlational study design was used to compare 150 HIV-positive women who had self-disclosed and 150 women who had not self-disclosed attending Mulago PMTCT and MTCT plus programme. The independent t-test was used to test hypotheses 1 and 3 and Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient was used to test hypothesis 2. Results indicated that self-disclosure significantly affects accessing counselling services and psychological well-being and that there is a relationship between accessing counselling services and psychological well-being.