Self-Efficacy and Intentions to Seek Online STDs and HIV/AIDS Information: A Study on Junior and Senior College Students at a University in Southern Taiwan

自我效能與上網尋求性病／愛滋病資訊―以南部某大學大三及大四學生為例

10.6784/FJS.200603.0065

盧鴻毅(Hung-Yi Lu)

性病 ； 愛滋病 ； 資訊尋求 ； STDs ； HIV/AIDS ； information seeking ； Internet ； self-efficacy

台灣性學學刊

12卷1期（2006 / 03 / 01）

65 - 79

英文

本研究的主要目的為探討自我效能對台灣大三及大四學生在網路上尋求性病／愛滋病相關訊息意願的影響。透過集群抽樣(cluster sampling)，共有四百八十二位在南部某大學就讀的大三及大四學生參與這項研究，研究結果顯示，受訪者控制罹患性病／愛滋病的自我效能負向且直接地預測他們在網路上尋求性病／愛滋病相關資訊意願；相反地，受訪者的網路使用自我效能正向且直接地預測他們在網路上尋求性病／愛滋病相關資訊意願。既然網路已經成為時下年輕人尋求資訊的重要通道，本研究建議，加強受訪者的網路自我效能將有助提升他們在網路上尋求性病／愛滋病相關訊息的意願。

This study aims to explore the role that self-efficacy plays in determining Taiwanese junior and senior college students' intentions to seek online STDs and HIV/AIDS information. This cross-sectional study recruited 482 junior and senior Taiwanese college students enrolled at a university in southern Taiwan to complete a self-report questionnaire. Results show that respondents' self-efficacy to control STDs and HIV/AIDS infection directly and negatively predicted their intentions to seek information about STDs and HIV/AIDS on the Internet, while Internet self-efficacy directly and positively predicted such intentions. Given that the Internet has become a frequently-used channel for information among young people in Taiwan, this study suggests that improving Internet self-efficacy among Taiwanese college students may increase their intentions and ability to use the Internet to seek online STDs and HIV/AIDS information.

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