Attitudes toward the conduct of war

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12439737
AutoresSheldon G Levy (autor correspondente)
Ano1995
Volume1
Fascículo2
Páginas179-197
Data de publicação1995-06-01
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/s15327949pac0102_6
OpenAlexW2016526657
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas19

International agreements since the St. Petersburg convention of 1868 were examined and a set of 27 items were developed representing principles governing civilian treatment and military engagement and treatment in connection with interstate hostilities. Three versions of a questionnaire were developed, a general form, one in which the home country was the actor, and another in which an enemy was the actor. Data were collected from over 1,200 subjects at three universities including a sample of Naval ROTC students in the United States and a group of students at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). Mean levels of restraint were infrequently high although the New Zealand sample provided much clearer endorsement of restraints and smaller differences in restraint between their own country and an enemy. However, there was substantial agreement in the rank order of mean levels of restraint across samples. Factor analyses resulted in three factors. Each factor contained elements of the use of force and of

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