title: Intergenerational benefits of family-based HIV interventions.
abstract: The longitudinal impact of a family-based intervention on grandchildren of parents with HIV (PWH) is evaluated. Because PWH and their daughters demonstrated gains over 6 years when randomized to a coping skills intervention compared with a control condition, the adjustment of the PWH's grandchildren was also compared across conditions. Grandchildren in the intervention condition reported significantly fewer internalizing and externalizing behavioral symptoms compared with grandchildren in the control condition. There is weak evidence that grandchildren in the intervention condition had higher scores on measures of cognitive development and more positive home environments. These results suggest that there are possibly long-term, intergenerational benefits of an intervention for families coping with HIV.
authors.affiliation: Center for Community Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. rotheram@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rotheram-Borus
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Juwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ying-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Noelle R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beckwith
authors.forename: Mary J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigman
authors.forename: Lynwood
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment