INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND LOCALITY ON THE ATTITUDE OF ADOLESCENTS TOWARDS AIDS

ABSTRACT 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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 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

LIST OF TABLES 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.