| dc.description.abstract | The number of people with HIV / AIDS is like an iceberg, which appears to
be only a small part. At present, HIV cannot be cured. This condition has a
comprehensive impact on patients. Through Self-forgiveness, it is expected that
patients can reduce negative feelings or emotions, so that they will be motivated to
change their behavior for the better. The study aimed to examine the relatinship
between self forgiveness with quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients. The research
design was analytic correlation with Cross Sectional approach. The Sample was all
patient of HIV / AIDS (selected who were diagnosed with HIV / AIDS because of
sexual relations) who undergoing treatment in Polyclinic VCT Mojokerto Regency
amounting to 122 people, with consecutive sampling. The independent variable was
self forgiveness and the dependent variable was quality of life in HIV/AIDS patients.
The instrument used a HFS (Heartland Forgiveness Scale) questionnaire for selfforgiveness. WHOQOL-HIV BREF for quality of life. The results of this study
showed that there are positive correlation between Self-Forgiveness and Quality of
Life in HIV / AIDS, with significant = 0.000. Respondents who have high selfforgiveness, also have a good quality of life, as many as 55 respondents (44.8%) and
very good, that is as many as 25 respondents (20.7%). Forgiveness can affect the
physical health of individuals and the factors that affect self-forgiveness, namely, the
emergence of empathy, emotional intelligence, self-reflection, and personality
characteristics. Improvement of quality of life can occur if the HIV / AIDS patient
has been able to accept his condition, transforming himself into an open person and
always apply the forgiveness attitude and can forgive or forgive the incident ever
done by himself or others, so as to neutralize the negative feelings into positive | en_US |
