A Comparison of Friendship Quality and Social Functioning Among Children With Perinatally Acquired HIV, Children With Persistent Asthma, and Healthy Children of HIV-Positive Mothers

To examine the friendships and social expectations of children with perinatally acquired HIV and compare them to children with moderate to severe persistent asthma and healthy children of HIV-positive mothers. 70 children (ages 8-14 years) were recruited from pediatric allergy and immunology multidi...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric psychology 2012-06, Vol.37 (5), p.580-590
Main Authors: BAKER, Sarah E, NIEC, Larissa N, MEADE, Jill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Asthma - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Female
Friends - psychology
HIV Infections - psychology
HIV Infections - transmission
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Infectious diseases
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical sciences
Peer Group
Pneumology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality of Life - psychology
Severity of Illness Index
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:To examine the friendships and social expectations of children with perinatally acquired HIV and compare them to children with moderate to severe persistent asthma and healthy children of HIV-positive mothers. 70 children (ages 8-14 years) were recruited from pediatric allergy and immunology multidisciplinary clinics and hospital-based HIV-support programming. Children completed measures of friendship quality and interpersonal functioning. Caregivers completed a measure of child psychosocial functioning. Children with asthma, not HIV, demonstrated poorer indicators of friendship and the most negative social expectations of the three groups. Children with HIV maintained best friendships and rated themselves as socially well-adjusted. Comprehensive multidisciplinary services and ancillary supports may have buffered against stressors and facilitated positive psychosocial outcomes in children with HIV. Children with asthma displayed higher disease activity, possibly contributing to poorer outcomes. Results suggest a need to better understand the protective factors that enhance social functioning in children with HIV.
ISSN:0146-8693
1465-735X
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jss007