摘要:

The present study was designed to evaluate four characteristics of subjects [i.e., generation (students vs. parents), gender, nuclear threat orientation, and political affiliation] in terms of potential differences in attitudes and cognitive/affective reactions toward the threat of nuclear war. Subjects were 297 college students and their parents (n= 546), who completed a multifaceted questionnaire concerning nuclear‐related thoughts, feelings, opinions, and predictions. Multivariate analyses suggested that college students were more distressed than parents about the threat of nuclear war, that men were less anxious than women and more supportive of a “peace through strength” perspective, that individuals endorsing the Disarmist orientation were more worried about nuclear war yet more optimistic than other groups concerning their ability to help reduce the nuclear threat, and that Republicans and Democrats were split along party lines in terms of their attitudes and cognitive/affective responses. Results are discussed with regard to the potential influence of sex‐role socialization processes and the importance of optimism in a nuclea

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1987.tb00299.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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A survey of residents near the Three Mile Island nuclear generating facility four years after the accident explored the relationship of lack of perceived control over their lives, loss of faith in experts, and TMI‐related worry as a function of pre‐ versus post‐accident residence. Findings indicate that for residents who moved into the area after the accident, lack of perceived control relates to TMI‐specific worry, whereas for those present at the time of the accident, lack of perceived control relates to loss of faith in experts. Pre‐ versus post‐accident residents also differ in perceived lack of control and loss of faith in experts as a function of educat

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1987.tb00300.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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Group treatment programs for incarcerated adolescents attempt to use the social influence of peer groups as a means both for generating acceptance of treatment goals and for creating pro‐social change. On the basis of social psychological research in laboratory and educational settings, we predicted that group cooperation plays a pivotal role in these programs. A hypothesized path model was estimated through pooled time series and cross section analysis of three waves of data for 45 groups at four institutions. There was close agreement between path estimates from an analysis of average levels and an analysis of change, and both strongly supported the hypothesized model. Results indicate that coercive control decreases cooperation and that cooperation leads to attraction to the group and prevents delinquent norms. Cooperation also has an indirect effect on acceptance of the program, mediated by attraction to the grou

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1987.tb00301.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

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A survey of citizen support of a proposal to increase property taxes for public education was conducted in a school district in Illinois. Two social psychological perspectives predicting support were tested. One perspective, derived from social exchange theory, predicted that citizens would base their support of or opposition to a tax increase primarily on perceived self‐interested economic gain or loss. A second perspective predicted that non‐self‐interested concerns, such as attitudes toward the schools, would determine support of or opposition to a tax increase. Although both models received support, the strongest and mat consistent predictors of tax support among those most likely to be voters were the non‐self‐interested factors. Implications of these findings for public policy and for understanding political behavior are

ISSN:0021-9029    

DOI:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1987.tb00302.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY