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The case report of a 26 year-old young man with the human immunodeficiency virus/aids, who shows negative attitude towards life, inadequate lifestyles and difficulties with the therapeutic adhesion, assisted by the members of a health team from "28 de Septiembre" University Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba is presented. The confrontation style was analyzed when facing the disease, for which the in-depth interview and the content analysis were used. The results indicated a passive confrontation which is noticed in a relatively stable way, related to prejudices, attitudes, beliefs and dependent personality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a constant reference to characteristics related to adulthood and not to youth within the research that uses the notions of man and masculinity. On the other hand, studies about youth vary even on the very conception of the term. This article suggests the use of young man as a new category for research work in social science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]