Children's attitudes to war and peace: When a peace agreement means war

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-279

  McLernon, Frances ^a   Cairns, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ceasefire; Northern Ireland; Peace; Religion; Socioculture; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR; WEAPON;

EID: 33745520355     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406066763     Document Type: Article

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