Naslov
Is war good or a bad thing: Croatian, Israeli and Palestinian children's attitudes toward war
(IS WAR A GOOD OR A BAD THING: CROATIAN, ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S ATTITUDES TOWARD WAR)

Autori
Kuterovac-Jagodić, Gordana

Izvornik
International journal of psychology (0020-7594) 35 (2000), 6; 241-257

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
attitudes; war; children; Croatia; Middle-East

Sažetak
It has been documented that children’s basic attitudes towards social questions such as war and peace are formed during the early school-age period. The aims of the study were threefold: (1) to examine attitudes of Croatian school-age children toward war and peace; (2) to explore relationship between the attitudes and children’s gender, age and amount of experiences with war and violence, and (3) to compare Croatian children's attitudes toward war and peace to the attitudes of Israeli and Palestinian children that were examined by the same scale 18 years earlier. Sample consisted of 230 children aged 11-14 years that attended school in Zagreb, Croatian capital. The attitudes were examined by the Attitude Scale Toward War and Peace (Punamäki, 1987) that was already used on several samples of Middle-East children. Children’s war experiences were examined by the Questionnaire on Children’s Stressful and Traumatic War Experiences (Franc, Kuterovac and Stuvland, 1993). The obtained data indicate that attitudes of Croatian children are negative towards war in general, but are strongly supportive for the particular fight for the freedom of their nation. The results suggest that children’s gender, age and war experiences are related to their attitudes toward war. The comparison of Croatian, Israeli and Palestinian children revealed nationhood influence on attitudes toward war. However, the results indicate that similarity of contemporary Croatian and former Israeli children is greater than both between today’s Croatian and former Palestinian children and between Israeli and Palestinian children 18 years ago.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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