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Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2010 Feb 4;21(4):335–344. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.12.001

Table 3.

Psychosocial Well-Being Differences Between Paternal and Maternal Orphans

	Type of AIDS orphans
Variables	Total M (SD)	Paternal M (SD)	Maternal M (SD)
Academic marks	3.14 (1.14)	3.05 (1.15)	3.24 (1.12)
Education expectation	4.07 (1.59)	3.99 (1.64)	4.15 (1.54)
Trust relationship with caregivers	2.49 (0.74)	2.60 (0.76)	2.37 (0.70)^***
Child health status	2.30 (0.85)	2.29 (0.82)	2.31 (0.87)
Depression	20.60 (8.71)	20.58 (8.77)	20.62 (8.67)
Loneliness	2.44 (0.67)	2.43 (0.69)	2.46 (0.66)
Posttraumatic stress	50.20 (9.27)	50.19 (9.05)	50.21 (9.51)
Social support	3.11 (0.84)	3.13 (0.86)	3.09 (0.81)

Note. SD = standard deviation

^***

p < .001