| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between stigma, discrimination and anti-social behaviors. The study intended to achieve the following objectives; to examine the relationship between stigma and discrimination among people living with HIV/AIDS, to examine the relationship between stigma and anti-social behaviors among people living HIV/AIDS and to examine the relationship between discrimination and anti-social behaviors among people living with HIV/AIDS.
The study adopted a correlational survey design. The study used a sample size of 87 respondents who were selected using simple random sampling technique. Data for analysis was obtained by use of a standard questionnaire designed by the researcher. Information obtained was analyzed quantitatively with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 16.0 computer software. The study hypotheses were tested using Pearson’s (r) correlation coefficient and significance at the 0.01 confident limit (two tailed level).
The results of the study were; there is no significant relationship/correlation between stigma and discrimination (r=.106, p=.001), there is no significant relationship/correlation between stigma and anti-social behaviors (r= -.019, p=.001), and there was no significant relationship/correlation between discrimination and anti-social behaviors (r= -.032, p=.001). The results showed that the variables do not have a correlation between themselves.
Following the above conclusion, the following recommendations were made; More emphasis should be put on finding out the interplay of stigma, discrimination and anti-social behaviors that the people living with HIV/AIDS face and how it affects their day-to-day interaction with the people in the communities, about the association of the stigma, discrimination and anti-social behaviors. Further studies should be made on these two variables. This is because there is limited literature that is written about the relationship between stigma, discrimination and anti-social behaviors among PLHIV and, relevant organizations or government should increase on the sensitization of the public about the negative effects of stigma and discrimination that it imposes to the people living with HIV/AIDS and how this leads to the PLHIV developing the anti-social behaviors. | en_US |
