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- Title
SOME FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STUDENT ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF WAR.
- Authors
Putney, Snell; Middleton, Russell
- Abstract
During the early 1960's increased concern with the possibility of war led some to reject war as an instrument of national policy and others to attempt to make nuclear war a credible instrument of national policy. This exploratory study attempts to estimate the extent of anti-war sentiment among American college students, and to determine factors which are associated with acceptance or rejection of war. A questionnaire, including three scales measuring acceptance of war, was administered to approximately 1,200 students in sixteen colleges and universities across the United States. Males were found far more likely to accept war than females. Residents of the Far West, political liberals, male nonconformists, and those who believe meaningful victory is impossible in a nuclear war were generally less disposed to accept war than their counterparts. in general, however, acceptance of war was found to be positively associated with interest and involvement in modern society, with knowledge and realism concerning nuclear war, and with a sense that war is probable. At least among these college students, it appears that those who are more sophisticated and in formed are more likely to accept nuclear war as a possible course of action. This acceptance is presumably a reflection of the orientation of their major sources of information and opinion.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; STUDENTS &; war; WAR &; society; COLLEGE students; NUCLEAR warfare
- Publication
American Sociological Review, 1962, Vol 27, Issue 5, p655
- ISSN
0003-1224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2089623