Description: Contents: Part I: The Theoretical Roots of Prevention. Section A: Social Cognitive Views on the Perception of HIV Risks and the Performance of Risky Behaviors. P.W. Linville, G.W. Fischer, B. Fischhoff, AIDS Risk Perceptions and Decision Biases. J. van der Pligt, W. Otten, R. Richard, F. van der Velde, Perceived Risk of AIDS: Unrealistic Optimism and Self-Protective Action. M. Gerrard, F.X. Gibbons, T.D. Warner, G.E. Smith, Perceived Vulnerability to HIV Infection and AIDS Preventive Behavior: A Critical Review of the Evidence. L.C. Miller, B.A. Bettencourt, S.C. DeBro, V. Hoffman, Negotiating Safer Sex: Interpersonal Dynamics. Section B: Theoretical Perspectives on Intervention. W.A. Fisher, J.D. Fisher, A General Social Psychological Model for Changing AIDS Risk Behavior. R.E. Petty, F. Gleicher, W.B.G. Jarvis, Persuasion Theory and AIDS Prevention. J.B. Jemmott, J.M. Jones, Social Psychology and AIDS Among Ethnic Minority Individuals: Risk Behaviors and Strategies for Changing Them. Part II: The Dilemma of the PWA: Stigma, Prosocial Reactions, and Coping. Section A: Understanding the Stigma of AIDS. G.M. Herek, E.K. Glunt, Public Attitudes Toward AIDS-Related Issues in the United States. J.B. Pryor, G.D. Reeder, Collective and Individual Representations of HIV/AIDS Stigma. B. Weiner, AIDS From an Attributional Perspective. Section B: Coping With HIV Infection and Social Support. S.E. Taylor, M.E. Kemeny, S.G. Schneider, L.G. Aspinwall, Coping With the Threat of AIDS. A.M. Omoto, M. Snyder, J.P. Berghuis, The Psychology of Volunteerism: A Conceptual Analysis and a Program of Action Research.

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