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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
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).