Health, Well-being and Development of Adolescents through Awareness about HIV/AIDS

By : Sapna Verma

Page No: 183-190

Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the difference that existed between HIV/ AIDS awareness among students of 10th and 12th standard as well as among overall male and female students. Total sample comprised of 120 students (60 students of 10th Standard and 60 of 12th Standard, age range, 14-17 years; Mage = 15.5 yrs). In each group, there are 30 boys and 30 girls. AIDS awareness questionnaire developed by Asthana was used to measure HIV/AIDS awareness. Results were analyzed with the help of ANOVA and revealed an insignificant difference in the interaction between level of class and gender in HIV/AIDS awareness. The obtained mean scores depict that AIDS awareness of students studying in 12th standard and of overall female students are better than other groups. Further, mean scores of three major areas of AIDS awareness depicted that overall students are least aware about tests and protection of AIDS.

Author :
Sapna Verma : Associate Professor — Dept. of Psychology, DAV College, Kanpur (India)