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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2013 Jan-Feb;19(1):36–46. doi: 10.1177/1078390312474096

Table 1.

Interview Questionsa

People with HIV infection may experience resilience in their lifetime. Resilience occurs when someone is confronted with adversity or something negative happens to them (like being diagnosed with HIV), yet they are about to “bounce back” from this and move forward with their lives.b

  • T ell me about times since you were diagnosed with HIV infection that you experienced resilience. (Describing the phenomenon)

  • For people living with HIV infection, what does resilience mean? (Describing the phenomenon)

  • For people living with HIV infection, where and when does resilience occur? (Context of the phenomenon)

  • What promotes resilience? What inhibits or prevents resilience? (Influences)

  • For people with HIV infection, how does resilience occur? (Process of the phenomenon)

  • What happens to people with HIV infection who are experiencing resilience? (Consequences of the phenomenon)

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Interview questions are based on grounded theory methodology as described by Creswell (2007), Glaser and Strauss (1967), and Strauss and Corbin (1990).