title: The role of parenting in affecting the behavior and adaptive functioning of young children of HIV-infected mothers in South Africa.
abstract: Prior investigations suggest that maternal HIV/AIDS poses significant challenges to young children. This study investigates the relationships between mothers' psychological functioning, parenting, and children's behavioral outcomes and functioning in a population of women living with HIV (N = 361) with a child between the ages of 6 and 10 years in Tshwane, South Africa. Utilizing path analysis, findings revealed that maternal depression is related to increased parenting stress and parent-child dysfunction, maternal coping is related to parenting style, and maternal coping, parenting style and stress, and parent-child dysfunction are associated with children's behavior and functioning, with parenting emerging as an important mediator. These findings suggest that interventions for women living with HIV and their children should not only address maternal psychological functioning (depression and coping), but should also focus on parenting, promoting a positive approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra Boeving
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finestone
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eloff
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sipsma
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makin
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Triplett
authors.forename: Liesel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ebersöhn
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sikkema
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Briggs-Gowan
authors.forename: Maretha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Visser
authors.forename: Ronél
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Brian W C
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Forsyth
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013019:South Africa; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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