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The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60364 The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane Visser, M.J. (Maretha Johanna) hilda.hecker@gmail.com Hecker, Hilda Elizabeth Affective problems Caregivers of children living with HIV Child mental health Somatic problems UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016. In order to determine what mental health problems South African children living with HIV experience, interviews were conducted with HIV-positive children and their caregivers at a paediatric HIV clinic in Tshwane. The interviews with the children included assessments that focused on the children's self-esteem (Self-Description Questionnaire), experiences of anxiety (RCMAS), and the coping strategies that they employed in daily living (Kidcope). The interviews with caregivers included a questionnaire about demographic details, the Parental Stress Index (PSI), and the Coping with Children's Negative Emotions Scale (CCNES). Caregivers also completed the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), which assesses a range of psychological problems in children. These results were compared to a sample of HIV-negative children and their caregivers from the same community. Although many children living with HIV-infection displayed clinical levels of somatic and depressive symptoms, these did not differ at statistically significant rates from the HIVnegative comparison group. Furthermore, children living with HIV were not found to experience clinically significant levels of anxiety as assessed by the RCMAS. Children living with HIV were found to employ more adaptive coping strategies than maladaptive coping strategies and significantly fewer maladaptive coping strategies than HIV-uninfected children use. Children living with HIV were also found to have significantly higher positive self-evaluations than HIVuninfected children. The results of the caregiver assessments indicated that caregivers of children living with HIV experience more distress in their relationship with their child and tend to engage less with negative emotional displays of their children than do caregivers of HIV-uninfected children. Psychology MA Unrestricted 2017-05-12T11:38:36Z 2017-05-12T11:38:36Z 2017-04-24 2016 Dissertation Hecker, HE 2016, The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60364> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60364 en © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Affective problems Caregivers of children living with HIV Child mental health Somatic problems UCTD The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane |
| title | The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane |
| title_full | The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane |
| title_fullStr | The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane |
| title_full_unstemmed | The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane |
| title_short | The psyhological problems of children with HIV/AIDS in Tshwane |
| title_sort | psyhological problems of children with hiv aids in tshwane |
| topic | Affective problems Caregivers of children living with HIV Child mental health Somatic problems UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60364 |