Emotional Maturity of Institutionalized Children Living With HIV: A Crosssectional Study
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https://doi.org/10.51333/njpsw.2021.v22.i2.269Keywords:
Emotional maturity, children, HIV, emotional problemsAbstract
Children living with HIV who live in institutions experience stimulus and responses/reactions emotionally towards various life experiences, which influence their emotional development either positively or negatively depending on the nature and the context of the circumstances. This study attempts to understand the Emotional Maturity of the Institutionalized Children living with HIV by Mixed Methods Research Designusing Purposive Sampling. The objectives of the study include (i) to assess the level of Emotional Maturity of the institutionalized children living with HIV, (ii) to identify various emotional problems of the children, their reasons and the ways to manage them; and (iii) to find out how the children can be emotionally empowered. The researcher collected data from twenty Children living with HIV in two institutions (from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu) belonging to 10–18 years using the Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Singh & Bhargava. The collected data were coded, tabulated and analyzed using SPSS; Correlation was also used to analyze the data. Qualitative data was collected by semi-structured in-depth interviews from the President, Superintendent, Welfare Officer, Counsellor, and an Institution inmate using telephonic interviews. The interviews were transcribed, coded, generated themes, and summarised. This study brings about the children's emotional problems that need to be addressed effectively by employing effective interventions and community support programmes. Love, personal care and attention are essential elements for supporting them.The Institutions can help them live like others with proper medication, nutritious food, exercise, yoga and meditation. Guidance, counselling and motivation emotionally empower the children at the institution. Caregivers and Counsellors are likely to improve the emotional wellbeing of these children. The findings encourage further studies on the Emotional Maturity of Children living with HIV living outside Institutional care and other geographical areas.
Keywords: Emotional maturity, children, HIV, emotional problems
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