War and peace as social representations

Cues of structural stability

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12439713
AutoresMauro Sarrica (0000-0003-1167-2788, University of Padua, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas251-272
Fecha de publicación2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPeace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1078-1919 • E-ISSN: 1532-7949
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/10781910701471298
OpenAlexW2089195181
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas25

The present study explores the structural stability of peace and war concepts, adopting a social representation approach. A word association task to the stimuli conflict, peace, and war was submitted to 206 Italian university students in 2004 and 2005. The data were explored through correspondence factor analyses and the analysis of frequency and rank of association. The results show that the social representation of war focuses chiefly on images of death and blood. Peace, on the contrary, is represented in terms of ideals, interpersonal relations, and metaphors. In 2005, new elements functional in peacebuilding, such as respect and cooperation, enter the representation, but the representation of peace is still not as stable and strong as war. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed

Association (psychology · Epistemology · Interpersonal communication · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Rank (graph theory · Representation (politics · Sociology · Stability (learning theory · Task (project management · Word Association · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity