Objective: The objective of the present study was to assess the psychological adjustment of Children living with HIV/AIDS in India
Materials and Method: A group of 23 children ranging from 11 to 15 years with confirmed diagnosis of HIV were part of the study. Children were divided into 2 groups with 11 in group 1 and 12 children in group 2. A structured in-depth interview and focused group discussion (FGD) were used to assess the psycho-social adjustment in children. Group 1 underwent in-depth interview and group 2 underwent FGD.
Results: The mean age of participants was 12.4 ±1.6 years; most of the children completed primary education. All children belonged to the lower socio economic status, 87.9% of the children hailed from rural area while 9.1 % of them were urban background, 3 % of the children had mixed of the children were in the area of Home, peer, school and teacher .
Conclusion: The psychosocial adjustments by the infected children were specific to the socio cultural back ground. The results of the present study emphasis on the specific assessment protocol, rather than a generalised assessment tool for better intervention
