caa a22 4500 39758394X CHVBK 20180308164915.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199606 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/jpepsy/21.3.321 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/jpepsy/21.3.321 Children's Perceptions of Peers with AIDS: Assessing the Impact of Contagion Information, Perceived Similarity, and Illness Conceptualization [Elektronische Daten] [Mariella J. Maieron, Michael C. Roberts, Steven Prentice-Dunn] Assessed factors that affected acceptance of a hypothetical peer with AIDS. Children in Grades 4-6 read vignettes containing one of four levels of contagion information and one of two levels of perceived similarity. Illness conceptualization was measured as a continuous variable. Results indicated that the type of AIDS information given to children affected their perception of the peer. Specifically, informing children about the modes of HIV transmission was not sufficient to increase acceptance, but clearing misconceptions by describing ways HIV is not transmitted positively affected children's reactions to the peer. No other significant results were found. Results of the current study have clear and practical implications for AIDS education programs in schools. © 1996 Plenum Publishing Corporation SPECIAL SECTION: PEER PERCEPTIONS nationallicence AIDS nationallicence children's perceptios nationallicence health attitudes nationallicence conceptions of disease nationallicence Maieron Mariella J. Minnesota Epilsepsy Group, P. A. aut Roberts Michael C. University of Kansas aut Prentice-Dunn Steven University of Alabama aut Journal of Pediatric Psychology Oxford University Press 21/3(1996-06), 321-333 0146-8693 21:3<321 1996 21 jpepsy https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/21.3.321 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/21.3.321 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maieron Mariella J. Minnesota Epilsepsy Group, P. A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roberts Michael C. University of Kansas aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Prentice-Dunn Steven University of Alabama aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Pediatric Psychology Oxford University Press 21/3(1996-06), 321-333 0146-8693 21:3<321 1996 21 jpepsy Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford