beneficial activities, and can be useful for others.
This optimistic attitude will synergize all activities
to improve the health of the patients themselves,
regular visits, obedience in taking ARVs, and other
activities that support healing. It turned out to be
proved by the results of data analysis conducted in
this study. The results show the existence of
extrinsic motivation influence on Adversity Quotient
in HIV AIDS patients.
Table 2 shows the effect of extrinsic motivation
on the control response in HIV & AIDS patients,
with significance (p) = 0.027. These results indicate
that the ability of the patient to reverse the difficulty
and then turn into opportunity and change the sense
of helplessness to empowerment still varies.
However, the trend shows a relatively moderate
value. The control response shows how a person
controls an event that causes difficulties in their life.
Control response in HIV & AIDS patients shows an
improvement as seen in the patients' better feelings
when doctors state the diagnosis, and the patient
remains convinced that every disease has its own
remedy and believes there is a way out of the
problem.
The spirit to keep on fighting, even with positive
HIV, is present after the provision of extrinsic
motivation. Control begins with the understanding
that anything can be done. Patients with high AQ
feel higher control over their illness than patients
with low AQ. As a result, the patient takes action
that results in more control. Significance value of
control response had (p) = 0.027, indicating that
people with HIV & AIDS have control over events
when they were diagnosed. Welles (2000) says that
people who have good control tend to have a high
AQ. They do not blame others for their illness and
have responsibility for what they did in the past.
Finally, individuals who have a high AQ assume that
the problem they face is in a small sphere and they
are confident to deal with it.
Stolz (2004) argues that control is one of the
most important origins in feelings, which is
reinforced by Seligman's optimistic theory of
optimism which takes account of the impact a
person has on responding and handling adversity.
Good self-control enables the patient to control
themself against adverse situations, both from illness
or from the environment, including the stigma of
society towards people with HIV. Good control can
shape optimism in the face of adversity.
Table 3 shows the effect of extrinsic motivation
on the origin dimension in HIV & AIDS patients,
with significance (p) = 0.028. Patients with low AQ
tend to place undue guilt over the bad events that
occur. Low origin responses can stop feedback
because of the constant burden of self-blame. Like
critics, guilt and regret will be of little use. If guilt is
too great it can be debilitating and deconstructive,
destroying energy, hope, self esteem and the
immune system.
This result gives an illustration of the degree of
recognition of the patients that the self as the origin
of a difficulty (current illness) experienced
(expressed with guilt and regret). The sense of
responsibility for the consequences of a difficulty
was at a moderate level. Original response reveals
who or what causes a difficulty. This variable has a
link to guilt. Guilt has two important functions. First,
if the guilt is of the right level, that feeling will
cause a person to act towards improvement and help
in a state of healing. Second, if the guilt leads to
regret, it will cause a sense of destruction.
Destructive guilt destroys hope, motivation and
energy. The response of origin in HIV & AIDS
patients increased, indicated by the guilt of the
patients to the family and close friends due to HIV
positive diagnosis. The origin response is a
perception of the origin of the difficulty (starting
from the beginning of HIV) until the patient is able
to place guilt as constructive or destructive.
Table 4 shows there is no effect of extrinsic
motivation on the dimension of ownership in people
with HIV & AIDS. Although the average value
showed an increase, the (p) was 0.334. Stolz (2004)
argues that the lower the level of recognition, the
more likely it is not to recognize the consequences.
The tendency to dismiss bad events or avoid
responsibility is an unwelcome attitude.
Ownership responses reveal aspects of
recognition of adversity. Patients with high AQ tend
to acknowledge the consequences of difficulty, often
able to remember the cause. Such a sense of
responsibility forces them to act, making the patient
improve their health level more. The significance
value of ownership variable was (p) = 0.334. From
the results of this study it can be assumed that
people with HIV & AIDS less recognize the cause of
the arising difficulties, but there is still a sense of
responsibility to overcome these conditions. The
absence of influence on this dimension is due to the
inability of the patient to affirm the importance of
themself to others. Response of ownership of HIV &
AIDS is indicated in responsibility and acceptance
of the disease suffered.
Table 5 shows the effect of extrinsic motivation
on the reach dimension in HIV & AIDS patients.
Although the mean score indicates an increase, the
(p) was 0.129, and the significance of the Mann-