Ja. Goldman et Ll. Harlow, SELF-PERCEPTION VARIABLES THAT MEDIATE AIDS-PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOR IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS, Health psychology, 12(6), 1993, pp. 489-498
Three psychological variables-self-efficacy, control and meaning, and
perceived risk-were tested in a structural model predicting AIDS-preve
ntive behavior. Results revealed a good model fit, indicating that the
se psychological variables did play a role in mediating AIDS-preventiv
e behavior in college students. A multivariate analysis of variance an
d individual analyses of variance conducted for men and women also rev
ealed gender differences on individual items of self-efficacy, perceiv
ed risk, and AIDS-preventive behavior. This study underscores the impo
rtance of identifying and assessing the psychological determinants of
AIDS-preventive behavior.