Slonim-Nevo Vered, Mukuka Lawrence
The Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Guruion University of Negev 84105, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Child Abuse Negl. 2007 Feb;31(2):143-59. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.08.006. Epub 2007 Feb 14.
To research the correlation between physical and sexual abuse by family members and AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and behavior among urban and rural adolescents in Zambia.
The sample comprises 3,360 adolescents, aged 10-19, from urban and rural Zambia; 2,160 of them attended school, while 1,200 of them did not.
Standardized scales were utilized to assess AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. In addition, the adolescents reported the extent of their engagement in various high-risk behaviors and their lifetime experience of being sexually or physically abused.
As the level of abuse experienced by the adolescents increased, their level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS, tendency to hold positive attitudes toward prevention, and level of self-efficacy regarding HIV/AIDS prevention decreased. Most importantly, when controlling for socio-demographic variables, findings indicate that past abuse was a key factor predicting participation in high-risk behaviors associated with HIV infection.
Physical and sexual abuse of adolescents in Zambia is significantly related to HIV risk behaviors. Future studies should investigate which factors mediate between the experience of abuse and the tendency to engage in risky behaviors.
研究赞比亚城乡青少年遭受家庭成员身体虐待和性虐待与艾滋病相关知识、态度、自我效能及行为之间的相关性。
样本包括来自赞比亚城乡的3360名10至19岁青少年；其中2160人上学，1200人未上学。
使用标准化量表评估艾滋病相关知识、态度和自我效能。此外，青少年报告了他们参与各种高危行为的程度以及他们遭受性虐待或身体虐待的终生经历。
随着青少年遭受虐待程度的增加，他们对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识水平、对预防持积极态度的倾向以及对艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防的自我效能水平下降。最重要的是，在控制社会人口统计学变量时，研究结果表明，过去的虐待是预测参与与艾滋病毒感染相关的高危行为的关键因素。
赞比亚青少年遭受的身体虐待和性虐待与艾滋病毒风险行为显著相关。未来的研究应调查哪些因素在虐待经历和从事危险行为的倾向之间起中介作用。
