Parental HIV/AIDS and psychosocial adjustment among rural chinese children

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1053-1062

  Fang, Xiaoyi ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^b   Hong, Yan ^c   Zhang, Liying ^b   Zhao, Guoxiang ^d   Zhao, Junfeng ^d   Lin, Xiuyun ^a   Lin, Danhua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

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

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Care arrangement; China; HIV AIDS; Orphans; Psychosocial adjustment; Vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 70450186573     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp006     Document Type: Article

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