Telling the children: Disclosure of maternal HIV infection and its effects on child psychosocial adjustment

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-313

  Shaffer, Anne ^a   Jones, Deborah J ^b   Kotchick, Beth A ^a   Forehand, Rex ^a   Armistead, Lisa ^c   Morse, Edward ^d   Morse, Patricia Simon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; HIV AIDS; Parental illness; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008646763     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012502527457     Document Type: Article

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