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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 6, 2001, pp. 363-366
© 2001 Society of Pediatric Psychology

Special Section: Children with HIV/AIDS and Their Families

Commentary: HIV Infection and Family Processes: Toward the Next Generation of Research

Ric G. Steele, PhD and Sunnye Mayes, BA

University of Kansas

All correspondence should be sent to Ric Steele, Clinical Child Psychology Program, 2006 Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045-7555. E-mail: rsteele@ukans.edu .


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Over the past decade, advances in the medical treatment of children with HIV infection have resulted in greater control over symptoms associated with the virus, greater latency between infection and onset of AIDS-defining conditions, and increased length of life (Rogers, Lindgram, Simmonds, Gwinn, & Bertolli, 1998Go). Unfortunately, identification and amelioration of the psychosocial and psychoeducational correlates of HIV infection have not progressed as quickly, or with the same degree of impact on children's lives. Although emotional, behavioral, and cognitive problems have been identified among children who are HIV-infected (see Armistead, Forehand, Steele, & Kotchick, 1998Go), findings across investigations have not been consistent, and pathways by which HIV affects children's functioning are not yet well understood (see Brown, Lourie, & Pao, 2000Go). In this context, the four articles in this issue examining children with HIV and their families (Bachanas, Kullgren, Schwartz, Lanier, et al.; Bachanas, Kullgren, Schwartz, McDaniel, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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