Differential Effects of Single and Double Parental Death on Child Emotional Functioning and Daily Life in South Africa

• Published in: Child welfare Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 149 - 172
• Main Authors: Sherr, Lorraine, Croome, Natasha, Clucas, Claudine, Brown, Elizabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Child Welfare League of America 01.01.2014; Child Welfare League of America, Inc
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Adolescents; Adult; AIDS; Analysis; Behavior; Behavior problems; Bereavement; Caregivers; Child; Child Behavior - psychology; Child mortality; Child, Orphaned - psychology; Child, Orphaned - statistics & numerical data; Childhood emotions; Children; Children & youth; Death & dying; Definitions; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder - psychology; Emotional Adjustment; Emotions; Everyday life; Families & family life; Family Involvement; Female; Females; Gender Discrimination; Grief; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Interpersonal Relationship; Male; Medical Services; Mental depression; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental Health; Orphans; Parent death; Parental Death - psychology; Parental Death - statistics & numerical data; Parents & parenting; Poverty; Psychological aspects; South Africa - epidemiology; Studies; Violence; Violence - psychology; Violence - statistics & numerical data; War; Young Adult; South Africa; Africa

There is a high level of orphaning in Africa due to war, violence, and more recently HIV and AIDS. This study examines parental death in South African children and examines the differential impact on child functioning of double, single and non-orphanhoods. Bereavement, depression, behavior problems,...