Doku Paul Narh
a Institute of Psychology , Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim , Norway.
J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2010 Jun;22(1):25-34. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2010.493662.
The study was conducted to assess the psychosocial adjustment of children affected by HIV/ AIDS in the eastern part of Ghana.
Four groups of children (children who lost their parents to AIDS, children who lost their parents through other causes, children living with HIV infected, alive parents and the comparison children who were from the same community but did not have HIV/AIDS-related illness or death in their families) were interviewed on depressive symptoms, prosocial behaviours, hyperactivity, conduct and peer problems using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).
Orphans in general and children living with HIV-infected parents consistently demonstrated poorer psychosocial adjustment than comparison children in the same community.
The findings underscore the urgency and importance of culturally and developmentally appropriate intervention efforts targeting psychosocial problems among children affected by AIDS and call for more exploration of risk and resilience factors, both individual and contextual, affecting the wellbeing of these children.
开展该研究以评估加纳东部受艾滋病毒/艾滋病影响儿童的心理社会适应情况。
使用优势与困难问卷（SDQ）对四组儿童（因艾滋病失去父母的儿童、因其他原因失去父母的儿童、父母感染艾滋病毒但仍在世的儿童以及来自同一社区但家庭中没有与艾滋病毒/艾滋病相关疾病或死亡情况的对照儿童）进行访谈，了解他们的抑郁症状、亲社会行为、多动、品行和同伴问题。
总体而言，孤儿以及父母感染艾滋病毒的儿童在心理社会适应方面始终比同一社区的对照儿童差。
研究结果强调了针对受艾滋病影响儿童心理社会问题开展文化和发展适宜性干预措施的紧迫性和重要性，并呼吁进一步探索影响这些儿童福祉的个体和环境风险及复原力因素。
