Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative heuristic study was to explore the emerging adults' lived experience of PAHIV. The aim of this study was to determine if the emerging adults were meeting the benchmarks of their developmental stage as their unaffected peers and to elucidate their voices to understand their essence of the experience of PAHIV. This study answered the questions: What is the emerging adults' lived experience of perinatally acquired HIV (PAHIV)? What benchmarks of the developmental stage are the emerging adults with PAHIV meeting? Philosophical Underpinnings: This study utilized the qualitative research approach with interpretivism and constructivism as the philosophic underpinnings.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 27543834; ProQuest document ID: 2309942072. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Angela Marie Wright, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

Sigma Membership

Lambda Chi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Young Adults with Chronic Illness, Living with HIV

Advisor

Claudette R. Chin

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Barry University

Degree Year

2018

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2019-11-20

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