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Effects of parental HIV on telomere length among children in rural China.

Author(s) -

Xiaoming Li,

Yanping Jiang,

Shan Qiao,

Huang Gu,

Junfeng Zhao

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

health psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548

H-Index - 164

eISSN - 1930-7810

pISSN - 0278-6133

DOI - 10.1037/hea0000872

Subject(s) - telomere , psychosocial , psycinfo , medicine , affect (linguistics) , depression (economics) , biomarker , psychology , psychiatry , medline , genetics , biology , dna , biochemistry , macroeconomics , communication , economics

Cumulative evidence has shown the adverse effects of HIV-related death and illness on children's psychosocial well-being. However, few studies have examined whether these factors can "get under the skin" to affect children's health. This study, therefore, examined the effects of HIV-related parental death on telomere length, a biomarker of cellular aging. This study further explored whether the results on telomere length were consistent with results based on self-report health outcomes, namely depressive symptoms.

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