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Adolescent risk taking and the romantic ethic: HIV/AIDS awareness among Year 11 and 12 students

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posted on 2023-05-16, 10:39 authored by Abbott-Chapman, JA, Denholm, C
Findings discussed are drawn from a study of Year 11 and 12 students in Tasmania with regard to accuracy of knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, sexual attitudes and activities, and the extent of protective behaviours. The reasons for the gap between intentions and actual 'safe’sex practices highlight the influence of the‘romantic ethic’and the characteristics of modern consumerism upon adolescents’perceptions of intimate relationships within the post-modern society. The degree to which‘caring for one's partner’and‘trusting one's partner’are regarded as a protection against HIV/AIDS trans mission, and the association with levels of condom use, are examined along with implications for preventive health education programs. © 1996, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

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Publication title

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology

Volume

33

Pagination

306-321

ISSN

0004-8690

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

ANZJS

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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