Document 0547
 DOCN  M9620547
 TI    Factors influencing baccalaureate nursing students' attitudes towards
       persons living with AIDS.
 DT    9602
 AU    Leasure R; McKenney LA; Merrill A; College of Nursing, University of
       Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73190,; USA.
 SO    J Prof Nurs. 1995 Sep-Oct;11(5):299-305. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96005390
 AB    Using stigma theory described by Goffman (1963), a descriptive
       correlational study was conducted to identify factors that influence
       nursing students' attitudes toward persons living with AIDS (PLWAs). Two
       hundred ten baccalaureate nursing students completed a three-part
       questionnaire consisting of a demographic data sheet, AIDS Knowledge
       Scale (AKS), and AIDS Attitude Scale (AAS). The AKS, 15 true/false
       questions, covered general aspects of AIDS knowledge. Attitudes toward
       PLWAs were assessed using the AAS, a series of five vignettes each
       followed by a 16-item Likert scale. Stepwise multiple regression
       indicated that student status, AIDS knowledge, ideology, ethnicity, and
       age influenced nursing students' attitudes toward PLWA. Variables that
       did not enter the regression equation were years of work experience,
       gender, religion, type of significant interaction with PLWAs, and
       heart-changing experiences. Students who demonstrated the most
       stigmatizing attitudes were conservative, had more nursing education,
       less AIDS knowledge, or were noncaucasian.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  Adult  Analysis of
       Variance  Cross-Sectional Studies  Female  Human  *Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Oklahoma  Prejudice  Regression Analysis  Students,
       Nursing/*PSYCHOLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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