title: Perceived Bonding by Parents Living with HIV and Their Adolescent Children.
abstract: This study examined the associations between parent and adolescent reports of bonding within families and the relationships among reported parental bonding, family conflict and adolescent stress. A total of 118 families from Anhui, China, were recruited for this study. Two family-level bonding scores were constructed: the average of and difference between parent and adolescent bonding scores. Study results indicated that the difference between parent and adolescent bonding reports was associated with higher levels of adolescent daily stress. A negative association was observed between average family-level bonding and the level of parent-reported conflict. Our findings highlight the importance of combining data from both parents and adolescents when studying issues related to family wellbeing.
authors.affiliation: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Li-Jung
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Guoping
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Chunqing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hefei, China.
authors.forename: Yongkang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D054541:Family Conflict; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents
keywords: HIV; adolescent children; bonding; child stress; family conflict