Table 2.
Primary and subsidiary goal content dimensions.
| Primary goal content dimensions | Example verbatim response | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maintain relationships, accept others, improve outlook | ‘I want to keep my marriage the same as it is now’ (865.6) |
| 2 | Solve problems with HIV treatment | ‘I want to solve my HIV problems’ (887.2) |
| 3 | Prevent money and housing problems, reduce worries and obligations | ‘I want accomplish getting better housing’ (578.3) |
| 4 | Solve problems related to living situation and work | ‘I want to solve problems in my living situation, I need to move’ (53.4) |
| 5 | Address physical and emotional health problems | ‘I want to prevent or avoid pain, both physical and emotional’ (313.4) |
| 6 | Learn to live with HIV diagnosis and maintain current treatment arrangements | ‘I want to accept that I’ve got to live with HIV and accept as they are’ (325.6) |
| 7 | Avoid interpersonal and monetary concerns | ‘I want to avoid getting into fights and arguments’ (1849.8) |
| 8 | Maintain a positive mood, learn to accept the inevitable | ‘I want to keep the same my attitude in thinking positively’ (2116.9) |
| 9 | Accomplish work and financial goals | ‘I want to be more financially stable’ (177.1) |
| 10 | Avoid work-related problems | ‘I don’t want anybody at work to know my HIV status’ (137.8) |
| 11 | Reduce practical and monetary obligations and demands | ‘I want to reduce and responsibilities of credit card bills’ (1808.9) |
| 12 | Maintain current living situation (versus address health problems) | ‘I want to keep the same my living arrangements with my wife and family’ (2331.10) |
| 13 | Acceptance, resignation to health and mood problems | ‘I want to accept that nobody lives forever’ (783.4) |
| 14 | Maintain and accept current work and monetary situation | ‘I want to accept that I have to work even with my health problems’ (2127.7) |
| 15 | Acceptance of living conditions, housing and neighborhood | ‘I want to keep living in my neighborhood’ (2565.6) |
| 16 | Concerns about HIV Prevention | ‘I want to prevent/avoid infecting other people with HIV’ (209.1) |
| Subsidiary goal content dimensions | ||
| 1 | Outreach and community concerns | ‘I want to accomplish more in outreach work’ (210.1) |
| 2 | Social, religious and discrimination concerns | ‘I want to turn to God more’ (1076.7) |
| 3 | Travel and leisure versus chores | ‘I want to travel to my country’ (1707.7) |
| 4 | Independent Functioning | ‘I want to keep the same my independence’ (2053.9) |
| 5 | Education and self-fulfillment | ‘I want to accomplish the goal of finishing school’ (367.8) |
| 6 | Legal and immigration concerns | ‘I want to solve the problem of my immigration status’ (2261.10) |
| 7 | Substance use | ‘My main problem to solve is to break the methadone habit’ (781.1) |
Selected verbatim responses are identified by two numbers so that (781.1) represent statement number 781 assigned to rater 1.