NDLI: Survey of HIV/AIDS Clients in Botswana: Reactions to Supportive Counselling

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Author	Stockton, Rex Paul, Tebatso Morran, D. Keith Mokalake, Ellen
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	A survey of HIV/AIDS clients in Botswana, Africa, all of whom were receiving supportive counselling, was conducted. A total of 328 volunteer clients from randomly selected sites completed the survey related to client perceptions of counselling helpfulness, outlook on life, satisfaction with goal setting in counselling, experience of social stigma, and acceptance by family and others. Overall, clients were very positive concerning the benefits received from counselling, their relationship with their counsellor, the goal setting process, their family/friends support system and their present quality of life. The majority of clients did, however, indicate some level of feeling stigmatized by being HIV-positive. Additional major findings indicated that clients with family incomes of less than 10 K pula per year (around US$1 k) were less positive about their counselling and related experiences than were those with higher levels of family income, with the exception of social stigma where lower family income was associated with less perceived social stigma. Clients reporting counselling sessions lasting more than 15 min were generally more positive in their reactions to counselling and related experiences than were clients reporting sessions typically lasting 15 min or less. A discussion of the findings, along with recommendations for areas needing further study and attention, is provided.
Starting Page	249
Ending Page	268
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01650653
Journal	International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15733246
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-07-23
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	HIV/AIDS Supportive counselling Botswana Social stigma Psychotherapy and Counseling Clinical Psychology Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology Psychological Methods/Evaluation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Applied Psychology

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