SOVIET CHILDREN AND THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR: A Preliminary Study

This study, the first undertaken by Western researchers with Soviet children on the subject of nuclear weapons, compared the questionnaire responses of 293 Soviet youngsters with those of 201 age-matched Californians. Interviews were conducted to supplement the questionnaire findings. Similarities a...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1985-10, Vol.55 (4), p.484-502
Main Authors: Chivian, Eric, Mack, John E, Waletzky, Jeremy P, Lazaroff, Cynthia, Doctor, Ronald, Goldenring, John M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Anxiety
Behavior. Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
California
Child
Children
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Education
Fear
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Interviews
Male
Nuclear War
Nuclear Warfare
Nuclear Weapons
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social psychology
Survival
Threat
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States of America
USSR
Weapons
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Summary:This study, the first undertaken by Western researchers with Soviet children on the subject of nuclear weapons, compared the questionnaire responses of 293 Soviet youngsters with those of 201 age-matched Californians. Interviews were conducted to supplement the questionnaire findings. Similarities and differences between the two samples are discussed in the context of how young people today perceive the threat of nuclear war.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb02700.x