Perceived social support and psychosocial distress among children affected by AIDS in China

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV AIDS; Orphans; Psychosocial wellbeing; Vulnerable children Perceived social support

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952298295     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-009-9201-z     Document Type: Article

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