This study investigated the behavioral and psychological differences between 39 uninfected children born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive mothers (HIV-seroreverter [SR]) and 78 children with no family history of HIV infection. Caretakers completed the Child Behavior Checklist and the Gittelman modification of the Conners' Parent's Questionnaire, whereas children completed the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale and the Children's Depression Inventory. In 14 SR children and 28 controls, narrative task was also evaluated. The personalities of SR children, as measured by the caretaker-completed scales, revealed significantly more problems of social adjustment and attention and more externalizing symptoms than did the personalities of control children. On the child-completed scales, SR children showed significantly more anxiety and depression than did controls. Caretakers reported consistently fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression in the children than did the children themselves. Difficulties in verbal recall included aspects of depressive and anxious feelings; on the narrative task measure, SR children showed poorer skill in free verbal recall than did control children, and they simplified episodes with mixed emotions. In addition, ambiguous episodes elicited significantly more negative feelings in SR children than in controls. These findings show that there is a great necessity for assisting SR children. It will be important to determine whether these children will remain at risk for emotional consequences in their adult lives.

Behavioral and psychological disorders in uninfected children aged 6 to 11 years born to human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive mothers / S. Esposito, L. Musetti, M. C. Musetti, R. Tornaghi, S. Corbella, E. Massironi, P. Marchisio, A. Guareschi, N. Principi. - In: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 0196-206X. - 20:6(1999 Dec), pp. 411-417.

Behavioral and psychological disorders in uninfected children aged 6 to 11 years born to human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive mothers

S. Esposito
Primo
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L. Musetti
Secondo
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M. C. Musetti;P. Marchisio;N. Principi
Ultimo
1999

Abstract

This study investigated the behavioral and psychological differences between 39 uninfected children born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive mothers (HIV-seroreverter [SR]) and 78 children with no family history of HIV infection. Caretakers completed the Child Behavior Checklist and the Gittelman modification of the Conners' Parent's Questionnaire, whereas children completed the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale and the Children's Depression Inventory. In 14 SR children and 28 controls, narrative task was also evaluated. The personalities of SR children, as measured by the caretaker-completed scales, revealed significantly more problems of social adjustment and attention and more externalizing symptoms than did the personalities of control children. On the child-completed scales, SR children showed significantly more anxiety and depression than did controls. Caretakers reported consistently fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression in the children than did the children themselves. Difficulties in verbal recall included aspects of depressive and anxious feelings; on the narrative task measure, SR children showed poorer skill in free verbal recall than did control children, and they simplified episodes with mixed emotions. In addition, ambiguous episodes elicited significantly more negative feelings in SR children than in controls. These findings show that there is a great necessity for assisting SR children. It will be important to determine whether these children will remain at risk for emotional consequences in their adult lives.
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; Questionnaires; Depression; Anxiety; Child Behavior; Social Adjustment; Humans; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Child; Mental Recall; Pregnancy; HIV Seropositivity; Adult; Cohort Studies; Child Development; Follow-Up Studies; Female
Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica
Settore MED/39 - Neuropsichiatria Infantile
dic-1999
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