DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC - THE IMPACT OF MAGIC JOHNSON ON ADOLESCENTS AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES

Authors
SIGELMAN CK MILLER AB DERENOWSKI EB
Citation
Ck. Sigelman et al., DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC - THE IMPACT OF MAGIC JOHNSON ON ADOLESCENTS AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES, AIDS education and prevention, 5(2), 1993, pp. 153-161
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
AIDS education and prevention → ACNP
ISSN journal
08999546
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
153 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-9546(1993)5:2<153:DYBIM->2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A group of young people ages 10 to 18, interviewed after basketball st ar Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson announced that he had tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), were asked for their reactions to the news. Their knowledge of and attitudes regarding AIDS were als o compared to those of similar young people interviewed before the ann ouncement. Reactions to the announcement were varied and were accompan ied by only isolated changes in knowledge and attitudes, suggesting th at news of this celebrity's HIV infection served primarily to reinforc e or make temporarily more salient knowledge and attitudes that predat ed the announcement.