title: [AIDS risk perception and coping in adolescents].
abstract: The state of research on adolescent sexuality can indicate how to plan and carry out AIDS information campaigns. As research results on contraception have shown, an information campaign should aim at adolescents with lower capability to talk about their sexuality which can have a negative effect on protective behavior related to AIDS. On the other hand, the assumption that adolescents are more endangered to AIDS because of their frequent change of partners, cannot be confirmed. The seriousness of AIDS is classified by adolescents as being very high, whereas the personal threat of AIDS is more likely to be low. An infection is thought to be self-induced, consequently personal responsibility is emphasized. Sexual risk behavior varies depending upon age, family structure, sexual experience and norms of peer groups. The adolescents' first sexual experience is complicated by the threat of AIDS. Sex education is presented in school is viewed by adolescents to be an inappropriate forum for an AIDS information campaign.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bengel
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012725:Sexual Behavior
vernacular_title: AIDS-Risikowahrnehmung und -verarbeitung bei Jugendlichen.