Differences Between War and Peace are Big

Children from Yugoslavia and the United States Describe Peace and War

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12439416
AutoresKaren S Myers‐Bowman (autor correspondente), Karen S Myers-Bowman, Kathleen Walker (0000-0003-1910-0055), Judith A Myers-Walls, Judith A Myers‐Walls
Ano2005
Volume11
Fascículo2
Páginas177-198
Data de publicação2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPeace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1078-1919 • E-ISSN: 1532-7949
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1207/s15327949pac1102_4
OpenAlexW2094172893
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas10

This article presents children's descriptions of peace and war from two very different sociocultural environments: Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and the midwestern United States. Interviews were conducted shortly after the 1999–2000 NATO-Yugoslavian active conflict; therefore, one meaningful contrast between these two contexts is the exposure these children had to political violence. The children from Belgrade directly experienced the bombing of their city, whereas the U.S. children observed the political violence from a distance (if they knew of it at all). Children from both countries expressed overwhelmingly similar ideas of peace and war; however, there also were striking differences between their answers, some of which may be a result of their level of exposure to war. Implications for peace research and education are provided

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