Attitudes about Reality and College Students' Opinions about Nuclear War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13672705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter J Columbus (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 249-250 |
| Publication date | 1993-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1993.73.1.249 |
| OpenAlex | W1989906719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
89 college students' scores on an Attitudes about Reality scale delineating attitudes on a social constructionist-logical positivist spectrum were correlated with those on a questionnaire concerning opinions about nuclear war. Correlations indicated students more oriented toward the logical positivist attitude more strongly endorsed the ideas that medical help would be available after a nuclear attack (– .32), fallout shelters would increase survivability (– .35), nuclear weapons effectively deter war (– .19) and space weapons could defend against a nuclear attack (– .20). Students more oriented toward the social constructionist position were more likely to endorse a nuclear weapons freeze (– .20)
Epistemology · Manhattan project · Nuclear warfare · Nuclear weapon · Political science · Positivism · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Strict constructionism · Survivability · Engineering · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |