Lifetime incidences of traumatic events and mental health among children affected by HIV/AIDS in rural China

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 731-744

  Li, Xiaoming ^a   Barnett, Douglas ^b   Fang, Xiaoyi ^c   Lin, Xiuyun ^c   Zhao, Guoxiang ^d   Zhao, Junfeng ^d   Hong, Yan ^e   Zhang, Liying ^a   Naar King, Sylvie ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649348628     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410903103601     Document Type: Article

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