Development of a new instrument to assess AIDS-related attitudes among Spanish Youngsters;Desarrollo de un nuevo instrumento para evaluar las actitudes hacia el VIH/SIDA en adolescentes Españoles

Anales de Psicologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-89

  Espada, José P ^a   Ballester, Rafael ^b   Huedo Medina, Tania B ^c   Secades Villa, Roberto ^d   Orgilés, Mireia ^a   Martínez Lorca, Manuela ^e  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Psychometric properties; Rating scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870933025     PISSN: 02129728     EISSN: 16952294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6018/analesps.29.1.132301     Document Type: Article

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