Perceived Control, Specific At-Risk and General Fear of AIDS: Intraracial Variation among African American College Students.

Livingston, Ivor Lensworth; Johnson, Theodora E. Maxwell

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Publication Date: 1991

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Perceived Control, Specific At-Risk and General Fear of AIDS: Intraracial Variation among African American College Students.

Livingston, Ivor Lensworth; Johnson, Theodora E. Maxwell

Urban League Review, v15 n1 p53-70 Sum 1991

Explores relationships between perceived control of life of 375 African-American college students and both specific and general fears of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). African-American students have relatively variable responses, but feeling in control is related to lower levels of specific and general fears of AIDS. (SLD)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Patterns, Black Students, College Students, Disease Control, Fear, Health Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Locus of Control, Prevention, Racial Factors, Sexuality, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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