Document 0577
 DOCN  M9590577
 TI    Using students' salient beliefs to design an instructional intervention
       to promote AIDS compassion and understanding in the middle school.
 DT    9509
 AU    Warden MA; Koballa TR Jr; Department of Biology, Ball State University,
       Muncie, Indiana; 47306, USA.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Feb;7(1):60-73. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95290335
 AB    This article documents the construction and validation of a videotaped
       message to persuade middle school students to volunteer as the
       laboratory partner of a classmate who has AIDS. Based on
       well-established social-psychological models of persuasion, message
       arguments are designed either to reinforce or to downplay the modal
       salient beliefs held by message recipients about the intended behavior.
       The end-product of this precisely tailored, six-step process is
       instruction which not only promotes the adoption of tolerant and
       compassionate attitudes, but also provides an opportunity for the
       practice of essential life skills such as decision making and problem
       solving. The process itself is offered as a model for designing any
       instructional material which addresses today's growing list of
       AIDS-related issues having both moral and ethical implications.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  Adolescence  *Attitude
       to Health  Child  Decision Making  *Empathy  Female  *Health Education
       Human  Internal-External Control  Interpersonal Relations  Male  Morals
       Persuasive Communication  Problem Solving  Social Desirability
       Videotape Recording  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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