Parental loss, trusting relationship with current caregivers, and psychosocial adjustment among children affected by AIDS in China

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-449

  Zhao, Junfeng ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a,b   Barnett, Douglas ^b   Lin, Xiuyun ^c   Fang, Xiaoyi ^c   Zhao, Guoxiang ^a   Naar King, Sylvie ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AIDS; orphans; psychosocial adjustment; trusting relationship; vulnerable children

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONELINESS; MALE; MORTALITY; ORPHANED CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 79960676375     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.554569     Document Type: Article

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