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Psychological well-being of orphans in Dar El Salaam, Tanzania

Makame,V| Grantham-Mcgregor,S | Taylor & Francis Health Sciences, part of the Taylor & Francis Group | Jan 1, 2002

Abstract

Forty-one orphans whose fathers and/or mothers had died from AIDS, and were living in the poor suburbs of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, were compared with 41 matched non-orphans from the same neighbourhoods. The subjects were given an arithmetic test and a semi-structured questionnaire concerning any internalizing ....