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Document 0661
DOCN M94A0661
TI Knowing about AIDS: from information to understanding.
DT 9412
AU Rosenthal D; Centre for the Study of STD, La Trobe University, Carlton
South.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:52 (abstract no. FP4).
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94348994
AB OBJECTIVE: To document developmental changes in adolescents' knowledge
about AIDS. METHOD: Pre-adolescents and adolescents (aged 10 to 18
years) were tested on their knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Knowledge was
assessed using a self-report questionnaire (examining levels of factual
knowledge) and a semistructured interview (examining cognitive
developmental levels of understanding). RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Questionnaire responses suggested higher levels of knowledge than did
interviews, with scores on the questionnaire unrelated to scores on the
interview until late adolescence. Thus, factual information acquired
about HIV/AIDS was not automatically accompanied by understanding. In
light of these findings the past conclusion that adolescents have high
levels of knowledge of HIV/AIDS is questioned. Examination of the
developmental shifts in understanding of HIV/AIDS revealed an increase
in conceptual complexity on causal and prevention dimensions. The main
conceptual changes included a shift from single-cause to multiple-cause
solutions and a shift from identifying surface or immediate features to
implicating less salient features. Additionally, with age, concepts
about HIV/AIDS were increasingly organised around internal,
physiological principles.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Adolescence Child Female *Health Behavior
*Health Education Human HIV Infections/PREVENTION &
CONTROL/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Internal-External Control Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice Male Personality Assessment MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).