title: Interpersonal support among 8-year-old girls who have lost their parents or siblings to AIDS.
abstract: It has been estimated that 18,500 children and adolescents have been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. A review of the literature reveals very little about the psychosocial needs of these children. This report discusses themes in group therapy gleaned from transcripts of 16 tape-recorded sessions. To supplement the content analysis of the sessions, notes were made after each session, documenting nonverbal communication among the girls. The findings showed that 8-year-old girls were extremely sensitive to one another's needs and able to offer interpersonal support in a group setting.
authors.affiliation: New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lovrin
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D001638:Bibliotherapy; D002648:Child; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012944:Social Support; D013637:Tape Recording