caa a22 4500 397584083 CHVBK 20180308164915.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199604 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/jpepsy/21.2.269 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/jpepsy/21.2.269 Assessing Children's Conceptions of AIDS [Elektronische Daten] [Janet Kistner, Isaac W. Eberstein, Michael Balthazor, Rafael Castro, Kim Foster, Mary Osborne, David Sly, David Quadagno] Assessed intuitive theories of AIDS transmission through clinical method interviews in a cross-sectional design for a sample of 205 1st; 195 3rd; and 208 5th-grade students, balanced by sex and race (black/white). Analyses of relationships between the types of theories children held and their responses to closed-end questions about transmission and willingness to interact with a person with AIDS supported the validity of the interview method. Grade differences were noted for knowledge of high-risk routes, rejection of misconceptions, and cohe-siveness and complexity of children's theories. Theories also differed by race and verbal abilities. Implications for most appropriate ways to assess children's understanding of illnesses and directions for future research are discussed. © 1996 Plenum Publishing Corporation Articles nationallicence AIDS nationallicence children beliefs nationallicence attitudes nationallicence intuitive theories nationallicence Kistner Janet Florida State University aut Eberstein Isaac W. Florida State University aut Balthazor Michael Florida State University aut Castro Rafael Florida State University aut Foster Kim Florida State University aut Osborne Mary Florida State University aut Sly David Florida State University aut Quadagno David Florida State University aut Journal of Pediatric Psychology Oxford University Press 21/2(1996-04), 269-281 0146-8693 21:2<269 1996 21 jpepsy https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/21.2.269 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/21.2.269 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kistner Janet Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eberstein Isaac W. Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Balthazor Michael Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Castro Rafael Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foster Kim Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Osborne Mary Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sly David Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Quadagno David Florida State University aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Pediatric Psychology Oxford University Press 21/2(1996-04), 269-281 0146-8693 21:2<269 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