The supportive family environment and its relationship to self-efficacy among young people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The current study aimed to identify the supportive family environment and its relationship to self-efficacy among young people living with HIV.To reach results that determine the direct and indirect effects between these variables in the light of what the research data reflects and reveal the role of the supportive or non-supportive family environment and its relationship to self-efficacy among young people living with the virus. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the research tools were applied which were: the supportive family environment scale, the self-efficacy scale, and the case study (prepared by the researcher),The research tools were applied to a sample of (65) males living with HIV, where the sample was divided into two equal groups. The first group receives support from the family and consists of (32) males. And another sample did not receive support from the family, and it consisted of (28) males, and the case study was applied to (5) selected cases of patients, who frequent the counseling unit at the Fever Hospital in Abbasiya, affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, to receive treatmentThe results of the research indicated that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of young people infected with HIV on the scale of self-efficacy and adherence to treatment in each of the dimensions (cognitive competence - social competence - emotional competence - persistence and commitment to treatment) according to the difference in family support provided to the infected.