Dennehy E B, Edwards C A, Keller R L
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington 28403, USA.
AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Apr;7(2):124-33.
The utility of a person with AIDS (PWA) in conveying AIDS information to college students is assessed. Mode of transmission of HIV is proposed to serve as a moderating variable in students' receptivity to the AIDS information and perception of the source of AIDS information. Two-hundred-sixty undergraduate students received a standardized lecture by a confederate, posing as a PWA, who revealed HIV positive status through either heterosexual transmission, homosexual transmission, needle-sharing, or a blood transfusion. Control conditions received the lecture from a neutral presenter (no HIV status disclosure) or no contact. All the HIV conditions were superior to the Control condition in increasing knowledge about AIDS and AIDS prevention. Additionally, students rated the PWA more positively than the neutral presenter on a number of evaluative dimensions. Mode of transmission served a mediating effect, with the confederate viewed most favorably in the Heterosexual and Transfusion conditions, and less favorably in the i.v. Drug and Homosexual conditions. Implications for educational programs are discussed.
对艾滋病患者（PWA）向大学生传达艾滋病信息的效用进行了评估。提出HIV的传播方式作为学生对艾滋病信息接受度和对艾滋病信息来源认知的调节变量。260名本科生听了一名假扮成艾滋病患者的同伙进行的标准化讲座，该同伙通过异性传播、同性传播、共用针头或输血等方式透露了HIV阳性状态。对照组则由中立的演讲者进行讲座（未披露HIV状态）或不进行接触。在增加对艾滋病和艾滋病预防的知识方面，所有HIV条件组均优于对照组。此外，在一些评价维度上，学生对艾滋病患者的评价比中立演讲者更积极。传播方式起到了中介作用，在异性传播和输血条件下，同伙最受青睐，而在静脉注射毒品和同性传播条件下则较不受青睐。文中讨论了对教育项目的启示。
