Impact of perspective-taking and empathy on HIV-related stigma among college students in Guilin / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the current status of HIV-related stigma among college students in Guilin,and to explore the impact of perspective-taking and empathy on HIV-related stigma among college students.@*Methods@#The stratified cluster sampling method was used to select college students from 4 universities in Guilin city. Stratified randomization was used to assign all subjects into a control group (410) and an experimental group (396) for randomized controlled trials,and the HIV-related Stigma Questionnaire and the Basic Empathy Scale were used before and after the intervention.@*Results@#Before the intervention of perspective-taking,there were no statistically significant differences between two groups in subscale scores and total scores of HIV-related stigma (t=0.80，0.35，-0.62，-0.10，P>0.05); However, signiticant differences in subscale scores and total score in HIV-related stigma were found after intervention (t=3.53，2.21，2.30，3.98，P<0.05). There was no statistically singnificant in the scores of all dimensions of empathy level and the total score before the intervention (t=0.10,-0.27,-0.08,P>0.05), dimensional score and total score in empathy were statistically significant after intervention (t=-2.15，-3.06，P<0.05). Empathy played an intermediary role of 14.08% between opinion selection and HIV stigma.@*Conclusion@#HIV-related stigma exists among college students in Guilin,and perspective-taking intervention effectively reduces its AIDS stigma. Empathy plays an intermediary role between them.