       Document 0362
 DOCN  M9490362
 TI    Development of a measure of nurses' AIDS attitudes and conservative
       views.
 DT    9411
 AU    Harrison M; Fusilier MR; Worley JK; Department of Veterans Affairs
       Medical Center, Pineville,; Louisiana.
 SO    Psychol Rep. 1994 Jun;74(3 Pt 1):1043-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94336783
 AB    The literature concerning measurement of nurses' attitudes toward AIDS
       was reviewed. A short scale to measure nurses' attitudes toward AIDS was
       developed and evaluated. The instrument has three subscales on (a)
       willingness to care for those who are HIV positive, homosexuals, and
       intravenous drug users as patients, (b) attitudes toward homosexuals and
       intravenous drug users, and (c) general conservative views on religious,
       political, and family issues. The three subscales were supported by
       results of a factor analysis. Coefficient alpha ranged from .69 to .92.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Attitude of Health
       Personnel  Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
       Homosexuality/PSYCHOLOGY  Human  Nursing Staff, Hospital/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Personality Inventory/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Psychometrics  Risk
       Factors  Substance Abuse, Intravenous/PSYCHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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