Resumo

MARQUES, Sergio Corrêa; OLIVEIRA, Denize Cristina de  e  GOMES, Antonio Marcos Tosoli. AIDS and the social representations: a comparative analysis among subgroups of workers. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2004, vol.6, n.spe, pp. 91-104. ISSN 1516-3687.

The present work aimed at: identifying and analyzing the contents and the structure of AIDS-related social representation of workers of a university hospital; and comparing AIDS social representation structure among age-grouped subgroups. 366 workers at a university hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro formed the sample. The data collection had been performed through free association technique and by four-house board technique. The outcome showed that the meaning of AIDS for them is strongly marked by negative elements, brings an imagetic dimension associated to death and reflects these subjects position through emotions and attitudes such as suffering, fear and prejudice. The subgroups comparison does not represent distinct social representations, however, it shows some differences for the importance attributed to some contents of these representations.

Palavras-chave : Workers; AIDS; Social representations.

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