Influence Of Gender And Locality On The Attitude Of Adolescents Towards Aids

This study investigated Influence of Gender and Locality on the Attitude of Adolescent Towards ADIS. 100 were Adolescent randomly selected from urban and rural area for the study. The age range was between 15-19 years with a mean age of 17years. Attitude towards AIDS scale Comoluabi 1995 was used for data collection. 2ï‚´2 factorial design was used and a two way ANOVA was also adopted as a statistical test, findings showed no significant gender difference. Male and female share similar attitude towards AIDS. There was a significant localfect. Those who live in the urban area were found to have more posture attitude than those who live in rural area. There was significant interaction effect, findings were discussed in relation to literature review and recommendation were also made.

Title Page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Table of Contents

List of Table

Abstract

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Purpose of Study

Statement of the Problem

Operational Definition of Terms

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

Theories of Attitude Formation

Cognitive Theories of Attitude

Definition of Attitude

Empirical Review

Summary of the Literature

Hypotheses

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

Participants

Instruments

Interpretation

Procedure

Design and Statistics

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS

Results

Summary of the Findings

CHAPTER FIVE

Discussion

Implications of the Study

Summary of the Study

Conclusion

Recommendation

Limitation of the Study

References

Appendices

Table I:  Summary table of mean on attitude of adolescents towards AIDS.

Table II: Summary table of two way ANOVA on attitude of adolescents towards AIDS.