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Positive parenting for positive parents: HIV/AIDS, poverty, caregiver depression, child behavior, and parenting in South Africa.
- Source :
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AIDS Care . Mar2014, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p304-313. 10p. 3 Diagrams, 3 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Families affected by HIV/AIDS in the developing world experience higher risks of psychosocial problems than nonaffected families. Positive parenting behavior may buffer against the negative impact of child AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver AIDS-sickness on child well-being. Although there is substantial literature regarding the predictors of parenting behavior in Western populations, there is insufficient evidence on HIV/AIDS as a risk factor for poor parenting in low- and middle-income countries. This paper examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and positive parenting by comparing HIV/AIDS-affected and nonaffected caregiver-child dyads (n=2477) from a cross-sectional survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (27.7% AIDS-ill caregivers; 7.4% child AIDS-orphanhood). Multiple mediation analyses tested an ecological model with poverty, caregiver depression, perceived social support, and child behavior problems as potential mediators of the association of HIV/AIDS with positive parenting. Results indicate that familial HIV/AIDS's association to reduced positive parenting was consistent with mediation by poverty, caregiver depression, and child behavior problems. Parenting interventions that situate positive parenting within a wider ecological framework by improving child behavior problems and caregiver depression may buffer against risks for poor child mental and physical health outcomes in families affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *CHILD welfare
*CHILD behavior
*CHILDREN of people with mental illness
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*MENTAL depression
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*PARENTING
*POVERTY
*PROBABILITY theory
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*SURVEYS
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*CROSS-sectional method
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HIV infections & psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 93595070
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.825368