Anti-nuclear weapons professional activities : a survey of American Psychological Association members /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1989.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | The major purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which American Psychological Association (APA) members supported advocacy efforts by psychologists on an important societal issue, nuclear war. The major questions of this study concerned: (a) the importance of psychologists speaking out on the issue of nuclear war, (b) the level of APA members' nuclear war related activities compared to other groups, (c) whether areas of consensus existed regarding anti-nuclear weapons professional activities, and (d) factors relating to differences among APA members where consensus was not found. A 57-item questionnaire was mailed to 400 APA members sampling their: personal activities and attitudes regarding nuclear war, stands on professional issues related to nuclear war advocacy, opinions on the importance of psychologists publicly speaking out on several societal issues, opinions regarding the acceptability of anti-nuclear weapons professional activities, and demographics. There were 262 usable survey responses, yielding a response rate of 67.01%. Biographical characteristics of respondents were presented. Descriptive findings regarding respondents' personal activities and attitudes were discussed, along with respondents' level of support for professional activities. APA members ranked nuclear war fourth out of five in importance for psychologists to publicly speak out on. APA members were generally supportive of some professional activities, but were divided on most other activities. Pearson product-moment correlations investigated relationships between previously mentioned variables and support for professional activities. Many significant correlations were found at the .05 level and higher. Personal activities, several attitudes, and gender correlated with professional activities; however, the highest correlations were consistently found for professional issues. Analysis of Variance found a significant effect for political affiliation.. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Counseling psychology." |
| Physical Description: | xi, 227 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |