Relationship between Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Aids

@article{Furnham1992RelationshipBK,
  title={Relationship between Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Aids},
  author={Adrian Furnham},
  journal={Psychological Reports},
  year={1992},
  volume={71},
  pages={1149 - 1150}
}
  • A. Furnham
  • Published 1 December 1992
  • Education, Medicine
  • Psychological Reports
202 subjects completed a questionnaire concerning their knowledge of and attitudes towards AIDS. The knowledge questionnaire had three sections, general knowledge, knowledge of spread and symptoms. Intercorrelations of the sections of the attitudinal measure were factor analysed, and five interpretable factors identified. As in two previously reported studies the correlations among the three knowledge and five attitudinal factors were low and nonsignificant. Implications for health education… 
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