Document 0622
 DOCN  M9490622
 TI    Psychologic adjustment of human immunodeficiency virus-infected
       school-age children.
 DT    9411
 AU    Bose S; Moss HA; Brouwers P; Pizzo P; Lorion R; Pediatric Branch,
       National Cancer Institute, National Institutes; of Health, Bethesda, MD
       20892.
 SO    J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1994 Jun;15(3):S26-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94342480
 AB    We investigated the psychosocial adjustment of school-aged, human
       immunodeficiency virus-positive children and factors associated with
       level of adjustment. Participants were primarily transfusion-infected
       children living in middle-class families. We administered measures of
       depression, anxiety, and self-concept to children, and measures of
       behavior problems, social functioning, personality characteristics, and
       life events to parents. An index of disease stage was also collected.
       Children reported experiencing low levels of depressive and anxious
       affect and generally felt positively about themselves. By contrast,
       parents saw their children as more anxious and less socially active than
       respective standardization samples. A greater than expected proportion
       of these children, as reported by their parents, scored in the
       maladaptive range on measures of social functioning, anxiety, and
       conduct problems. Experience of adversive life events and progression of
       the disease were associated with more behavioral and social problems.
       Findings are discussed in terms of their generalizability and
       implications for future research.
 DE    *Adaptation, Psychological  Adolescence  Anxiety/PSYCHOLOGY  Child
       Depression/PSYCHOLOGY  Family Characteristics  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY  Male  Observer Variation  Parent-Child Relations
       Psychiatric Status Rating Scales  Self Concept  Social Class  Support,
       U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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