Greene Kathryn, Banerjee Smita C
Department of Communication, Rutgers University, USA.
J Homosex. 2006;50(4):185-209. doi: 10.1300/J082v50n04_08.
This study explores the prevalence of AIDS and cancer stigma as influenced by attitude toward homosexuality, religiosity, authoritarianism, and androgyny. This study used a quasi-experimental survey design (N = 485) to examine attitude toward people with AIDS and cancer, and interaction with people with AIDS and cancer. Negative attitudes toward homosexuality, high religious intensity and ideology, high authoritarianism, and low expressive emerged as factors related to more negative attitudes toward people with AIDS and unwillingness to interact with people with AIDS. Attitudes toward people with cancer were generally not related to the variables. Findings explore how to campaign efforts to reduce existing negative attitudes toward AIDS and homosexuality, given that gay men with AIDS are especially stigmatized. Implications and directions for future research are discussed, especially for interventions.
本研究探讨了受对同性恋的态度、宗教信仰、权威主义和双性同体特征影响的艾滋病和癌症污名化的流行情况。本研究采用准实验调查设计（N = 485）来检验对艾滋病患者和癌症患者的态度，以及与艾滋病患者和癌症患者的互动情况。对同性恋的负面态度、强烈的宗教信仰和观念、高度的权威主义以及较低的表达欲成为与对艾滋病患者更负面的态度和不愿与艾滋病患者互动相关的因素。对癌症患者的态度通常与这些变量无关。鉴于感染艾滋病的男同性恋者尤其受到污名化，研究结果探索了如何开展宣传活动以减少现有的对艾滋病和同性恋的负面态度。讨论了未来研究的意义和方向，特别是对于干预措施的研究。
