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Perceptions of African American women with HIV/AIDS: The influence of knowledge and attitudes

Godfrey, Tamara N.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1179864598

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
This study assessed college students’ HIV-related knowledge, knowledge of protective sexual behaviors, HIV- related attitudes, and attitudes toward HIV positive women. The influence of these factors on attributions of blame, responsibility, and control for an African American woman contracting HIV through an active or passive mode of transmission was also evaluated. The results of this study suggest that students are knowledgeable of HIV and of methods to protect themselves from contracting the illness. Students reported positive attitudes towards HIV/AIDS, but expressed moderate attitudes toward women with HIV/AIDS. The mode of transmission was found to influence attributions of control, responsibility and blame, with more negative attributions being made about the individual who contracted HIV through an active mode of transmission. However, impression management influenced students’ attributions of the individual infected through an active mode of transmission, resulting in students reporting less assignment of blame, control, and responsibility to the individual infected through an active mode of transmission. Implications and directions for future research are noted.
Don Dell (Advisor)
135 p.
Psychology, General
HIV/AIDS; women; African Americans

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  • Godfrey, T. N. (2007). Perceptions of African American women with HIV/AIDS: The influence of knowledge and attitudes [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1179864598

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Godfrey, Tamara. Perceptions of African American women with HIV/AIDS: The influence of knowledge and attitudes. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1179864598.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Godfrey, Tamara. "Perceptions of African American women with HIV/AIDS: The influence of knowledge and attitudes." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1179864598

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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