Relationship between Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Aids
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 71 (3_suppl) , 1149-1150
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1992.71.3f.1149
Abstract
202 subjects completed a questionnaire concerning their knowledge of and attitudes towards AIDS. The knowledge questionnaire had three sections, general knowledge, knowledge of spread and symptoms. Intercorrelations of the sections of the attitudinal measure were factor analysed, and five interpretable factors identified. As in two previously reported studies the correlations among the three knowledge and five attitudinal factors were low and nonsignificant. Implications for health education and attitude change are considered.Keywords
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