AIDS-Orphanhood and Caregiver HIV/AIDS Sickness Status: Effects on Psychological Symptoms in South African Youth
dc.contributor.author | Cluver, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Orkin, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Boyes, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Gardner, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nikelo, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:42:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:42:42Z | |
dc.date.created | 2014-07-02T20:00:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cluver, L. and Orkin, M. and Boyes, M. and Gardner, F. and Nikelo, J. 2012. AIDS-Orphanhood and Caregiver HIV/AIDS Sickness Status: Effects on Psychological Symptoms in South African Youth. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 37 (8): pp. 857-867. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24406 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/jpepsy/jss004 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Objective: Research has established that AIDS-orphaned youth are at high risk of internalizing psychological distress. However, little is known about youth living with caregivers who are unwell with AIDS or youth simultaneously affected by AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver AIDS sickness. Methods: 1025 South African youth were interviewed in 2005 and followed up in 2009 (71% retention). Participants completed standardized measures of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress. Comparison groups were youth who were AIDS-orphaned, other-orphaned, and nonorphaned, and those whose caregivers were sick with AIDS, sick with another disease, or healthy. Results: Longitudinal analyses showed that both AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver AIDS sickness predicted increased depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms over a 4-year period, independently of sociodemographic cofactors and of each other. Caregiver sickness or death by non-AIDS causes, and having a healthy or living caregiver, did not predict youth symptomatology. Youths simultaneously affected by caregiver AIDS sickness and AIDS-orphanhood showed cumulative negative effects. Conclusions Findings suggest that policy and interventions, currently focused on orphanhood, should include youth whose caregivers are unwell with AIDS. | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | |
dc.subject | caregiver | |
dc.subject | mental health | |
dc.subject | youth | |
dc.subject | South Africa | |
dc.title | AIDS-Orphanhood and Caregiver HIV/AIDS Sickness Status: Effects on Psychological Symptoms in South African Youth | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 37 | |
dcterms.source.number | 8 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 857 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 867 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0146-8693 | |
dcterms.source.title | Journal of Pediatric Psychology | |
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curtin.accessStatus | Open access via publisher |