       Document 0254
 DOCN  M9440254
 TI    The relationship between AIDS-related information sources and homophobic
       attitudes: a comparison of two models.
 DT    9404
 AU    Magruder B; Whitbeck LB; Ishii-Kuntz M; Department of Sociology, Iowa
       State University, Ames 50010.
 SO    J Homosex. 1993;25(4):47-68. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94149274
 AB    Using a sample of 914 college students from the Midwest and West Coast,
       this research compared two possible relationships between information
       sources about AIDS and homophobic attitudes. The first model examined
       the effects of various information sources on students' accuracy of
       knowledge regarding AIDS transmission, subsequent beliefs that
       homosexuals are responsible for AIDS, and overall homophobia. The second
       model tested the alternative hypothesis that pre-existing homophobic
       attitudes affected the selection of information sources. This assortive
       process, in turn, was hypothesized to affect accuracy of knowledge about
       AIDS and beliefs that homosexuals are responsible for AIDS. The findings
       indicated the models had similar explanatory power, suggesting that
       information sources have diverse impacts on students' knowledge about
       AIDS and that homophobic attitudes affect selection of information
       sources. The authors conclude that while certain information sources
       about AIDS tend to increase homophobic attitudes, homophobic individuals
       are also more likely to select these information sources.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       *PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adult  Comparative Study  Female  *Health
       Education  Homosexuality/*PSYCHOLOGY  Human  Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Models, Psychological  Phobic Disorders/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Risk Factors  Social Environment  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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