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Análise Psicológica

 ISSN 0870-8231

BRASIL, Luciane Scarpante; MITSUI, Renata Emi; PEREIRA, Ana Maria Benevides    ALVES, Rozilda das Neves. Mudanças no comportamento sexual do adolescente decorrentes do surgimento da SIDA no contexto social. []. , 18, 4, pp.465-483. ISSN 0870-8231.

There is a great number of people contaminated by the AIDS virus with the symptoms manifesting between 20 and 30 years of age. The virus keeps dormant in the body for years, with the possibility of the contamination been done during the adolescence period. With the objective of obtaining more knowledge between adolescence and AIDS, interviews were conducted with 127 teenagers between the age of 13 and 20. A questionnaire of 22 questions was used. Theresults reviewed that 67% presented a good knowledge of AIDS. In regards to the ways of contamination the masculine sex presented a good level of knowledge in relation to the feminine that was medium. 51% of the group presented an average level of information on how to prevent AIDS, revealing that the information came via the media, followed by the school. It was noted that 100% of the feminine sex related affection with sex and 67% of the masculine sex did not make this connection. The majority said that there were behaviour changes in relation to prevention. In general, it can be concluded that teenagers have an adequate and sufficient level of knowledge about the illness although demonstrating a certain degree of wrong and prejudiced concepts.

: Adolescence; sexuality; AIDS.

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