Changes in Fear of AIDS and Homophobia in a University Population |
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| Authors: | Robert K. Young Peggy Gallaher Julie Belasco Alicia Barr Arthur W. Webber |
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| Affiliation: | University, of Texas at Austin;Columbia School of Public Health;University of Texas at Austin;California State University. Fullerton |
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| Abstract: | A survey measuring attitudes toward fear of AIDS and homophobia, taken in the fall of 1985, was repeated in the fall of 1989 on the same university population. The results indicated that whereas fear of AIDS decreased, the degree of homophobia remained essentially unchanged. In addition, although respondents were much more knowledgeable about AIDS in 1989 than in 1985, there was no evidence of any change in the relatively high correlation between the fear of AIDS and homophobia. |
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