Exploring the mediating and moderating roles of body-related concerns and social interactions on the association between early puberty and psychological distress in young adult women.

Objective: To explore the mechanisms through which early puberty is associated with psychological distress in women aged 18-25. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate whether body-related concerns and social interactions moderate or mediate this association.

Methods: Participants were compared on measures evaluating psychological distress, body image dysphoria, bulimic symptomatology and negative intimacy with best friend according to three pubertal timing groups: (1) "very early" puberty (menarche at 9 years old or less), (2) "early" puberty (menarche at 10 years old), and (3) "on-time" puberty (menarche between 11 and 13 years old).

Stigma Management Trajectories in Youth with Perinatally Acquired HIV and Their Families: A Qualitative Perspective.

This study explores how family, secrecy and silence contribute to the adoption of stigma management strategies among youth with perinatally acquired HIV (PAHIV). A qualitative method was used. Eighteen youths with PAHIV aged 13-22 years old took part in a semi-structured interview.

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Objective: Studies targeting children born with HIV have principally focused on the period preceding the announcement of the diagnosis to the child. The objective of the present study was to explore intrafamilial communication dynamics following the announcement of the diagnosis.

Methodology: Twenty-nine youths (10 to 18 years of age) living with HIV since birth participated in individual semistructured interviews about the following: 1) serostatus disclosure, 2) family relations and 3) sexual education within the family.

Romantic relationships and sexual activities of the first generation of youth living with HIV since birth.

HIV-infected children, now maturing into adolescence and adulthood, must cope not only with adolescent developmental issues, but also with a chronic, socially stigmatised and sexually transmittable illness. Little research on this first generation of survivors has focused on romantic involvement and sexuality. This study, which employs a mixed-method embedded strategy (qualitative supported by quantitative), describes the perspectives of youth living with HIV since birth concerning: (1) romantic involvement and sexuality; and (2) risk management including the risk of HIV transmission and partner serostatus disclosure.