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KMID : 0904520080230010031
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Health and Medical Sociology
2008 Volume.23 No. 1 p.31 ~ p.56
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Discriminatory Attitudes towards Person with HIV/AIDS (PWHAs) among Adolescents in Seoul, Korea
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Sohn Ae-Ree
Moon Jeong-Seon
Shin Seung-Bae
Chun Sung-Soo
Kim Seong-Yeol
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Abstract
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This study was to examine the causal impact of sexual attitude, attitudes toward homosexuals on stigma of HIV/AIDS and discriminatory attitudes towards person with HIV/AIDS (PWHAs) among adolescents in Seoul, Korea.
The population of this study is junior and senior high students in Seoul, Korea. To select sample, we divided 4 districts (north, south, east and west) of Seoul. Two junior high schools and two senior high schools were selected randomly from each district. Three thousand and one hundred-one students (1704 males and 1397 males) from 16 schools participated in the survey. A self-administered questionnaire measuring socio-demographic variables, sigma of HIV/AIIOS (3 items, 5-point Likert-type scale) and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs (5 items, 5-point Likert-type scale) was utilized.
The Structural Equation Modeling was employed to investigate the research Model. The empirical study shows that a number of statistical hypotheses are significant. The attitudes toward homosexuals were the most important factors on stigma and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs. Socio-demographical variables such as sex and level of school were related to the stigma and discriminatory attitudes PWHAs. Therefore, it is important to design HIV prevention strategies that increase in positive attitudes towards PWHAs.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescents, HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, Discriminatory Attitudes
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