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- Title
Social ecological factors associated with future orientation of children affected by parental HIV infection and AIDS.
- Authors
Lin, Xiuyun; Fang, Xiaoyi; Chi, Peilian; Heath, Melissa Allen; Li, Xiaoming; Chen, Wenrui
- Abstract
From a social ecological perspective, this study examined the effects of stigma (societal level), trusting relationships with current caregivers (familial level), and self-esteem (individual level) on future orientation of children affected by HIV infection and AIDS. Comparing self-report data from 1221 children affected by parental HIV infection and AIDS and 404 unaffected children, affected children reported greater stigma and lower future orientation, trusting relationships, and self-esteem. Based on structural equation modeling, stigma experiences, trusting relationships, and self-esteem had direct effects on future orientation, with self-esteem and trusting relationships partially mediating the effect of stigma experiences on children’s future orientation. Implications are discussed.
- Subjects
ADAPTABILITY (Personality); CHILD psychology; COMPARATIVE studies; ECOLOGICAL research; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; PARENT-child relationships; PARENTS; SELF-perception; SOCIAL stigma; TRUST; PSYCHOLOGY of AIDS patients; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases); CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Health Psychology, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 7, p1404
- ISSN
1359-1053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105314554817