ATTITUDES, SUBJECTIVE NORMS, AND BELIEFS OF KOREAN NURSING STUDENTS AS PREDICTORS OF INTENTIONS TO CARE FOR HIV DISEASE PATIENTS: A TEST OF THEORY OF REASONED ACTION (IMMUNE DEFICIENCY).
Contributors: Widener University School Of Nursing.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Behavioral.; Health Sciences, Education.; Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies.; Health Sciences, Public Health.; Psychology, Social.; Psychology, Industrial.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine predictor variables of Korean nursing students' intention to care for HIV disease patients using the theory of reasoned action (TRA) (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980). Senior nursing students (N = 186) conveniently selected from 5 universities in Seoul, Korea were surveyed. A packet of questionnaires (HIV-BASIS) was developed according to the guidelines of the TRA and translated into Korean. Multiple regression and Pearson product moment coefficients were used to analyze the data. Korean nursing students showed neutral intention to care for HIV disease patients. Attitude and salient behavioral beliefs were the predictors for the intention while subjective norm and salient normative beliefs were not. A belief that the consequences of caring would be positive for the students was the predictor for the intention among 6 salient behavioral beliefs. Peers' support of caring was also a predictor variable of the intention while the other 4 significant others' supports were not (salient normative beliefs). Several teaching strategies to develop positive intention to care for HIV disease patients are suggested.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-10, Section: B, page: 6183.

Thesis (D.N.SC.)--WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING, 1996.

School code: 0969.