Attitudes of students towards individuals with HIV/AIDS : an investigation on the University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa campus
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2001
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Abstract
The need to carry out research on attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS stems
from a concern about the increasing hostility and prejudice towards people with
HIV/AIDS.
The main purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of tertiary education
students towards people with HIV/AIDS. The study also intended to astain
whether there are any gender difference in attitude of the sample towards
individuals with HIV/AIDS.
The questionnaire was administered to 286 students that were attending the
University of Zululand. Likert Scale was used to measure the attitudes.
The findings of the study was that the general attitude of students of Zululand
University towards people with H1V7AIDS was positive. Another finding was that
there were no differences between males and females attitude towards people with
HTV/A1DS.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) in the Departmnet of Psychology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2001.
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AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation.