title: The role of social support on resilience, posttraumatic growth, hopelessness, and depression among children of HIV-infected parents in mainland China.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has a profound impact not only on the infected individuals, but also on their families. Children of the HIV-infected parents are particularly affected. The present study examined the relationship between social support, resilience, posttraumatic growth (PTG), hopelessness, and depression among 195 children of HIV-infected parents in mainland China. Results showed that 35.4% of the sample scored above the cutoff of the Children's Depression Inventory. Results from structural equation modeling reported that social support had a significant positive relationship with resilience and PTG. Higher levels of resilience and PTG were associated with lower level of hopelessness which in turn, was associated with lower level of depression. The overall model achieved satisfactory fit. Interventions are needed to improve social support of the children affected by HIV so as to improve their mental health.
authors.affiliation: a Center for Health Behaviours Research, School of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin , Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Phoenix Kit Han
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Joseph Tak Fai
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Xiaonan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D054540:Child, Orphaned / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: HIV-infected parents; children; depression; hopelessness; posttraumatic growth; resilience; social support