Posttraumatic stress in AIDS-orphaned children exposed to high levels of trauma: the protective role of perceived social support.

Journal article

Poor urban children in South Africa are exposed to multiple community traumas, but AIDS-orphaned children are at particular risk for posttraumatic stress. This study examined the hypothesis that social support may moderate the relationship between trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress for this group. Four hundred twenty-five AIDS-orphaned children were interviewed using standardized measures of psychopathology. Compared to participants with low perceived social support, those with high per...

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Authors: Cluver, L; Fincham, D; Seedat, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of traumatic stress
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 106-112
• Publication date: 2009-04-01
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.20396
• EISSN: 1573-6598
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Humans; Child, Orphaned; Young Adult; Urban Population; Questionnaires; Risk Assessment; Poverty; Child; South Africa; Environmental Exposure; Male; Wounds and Injuries; Social Support; Bereavement; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Adolescent