Open AccessEffects 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.