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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Positive parenting for positive parents: HIV/AIDS, poverty, caregiver depression, child behavior, and parenting in South Africa
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, Volume 26, No. 3, Year 2014
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Families affected by HIV/AIDS in the developing world experience higher risks of psychosocial problems than nonaffected families. Positive parenting behavior may buffer against the negative impact of child AIDS-orphanhood and caregiver AIDS-sickness on child well-being. Although there is substantial literature regarding the predictors of parenting behavior in Western populations, there is insufficient evidence on HIV/AIDS as a risk factor for poor parenting in low- and middle-income countries. This paper examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and positive parenting by comparing HIV/AIDS-affected and nonaffected caregiver-child dyads (n=2477) from a cross-sectional survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (27.7% AIDS-ill caregivers; 7.4% child AIDS-orphanhood). Multiple mediation analyses tested an ecological model with poverty, caregiver depression, perceived social support, and child behavior problems as potential mediators of the association of HIV/AIDS with positive parenting. Results indicate that familial HIV/AIDS's association to reduced positive parenting was consistent with mediation by poverty, caregiver depression, and child behavior problems. Parenting interventions that situate positive parenting within a wider ecological framework by improving child behavior problems and caregiver depression may buffer against risks for poor child mental and physical health outcomes in families affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lachman, Jamie M.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Cluver, Lucie Dale
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Boyes, Mark E.
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Kuo, Caroline Y.
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United States, Providence
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
Casale, Marisa A.J.
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Statistics
Citations: 89
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/09540121.2013.825368
ISSN:
09540121
e-ISSN:
13600451
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa