The present paper illustrates the potentialities offered by the Social Representations approach to the exploration of peace and war concepts. Free associations tasks to the stimuli War and Peace were given to 112 students in order to assess contents and structures. Differences related to gender, age and school grade were investigated. Attention was devoted to the role of peace education activities. Results indicate a dramatic representation of war, based on death and destruction. The representation of peace is based on intimate and positive emotional experiences. It appears weaker and polyphasic, with cues of change. Respondents involved in peace education show greater complexity of contents and more features related to positive approaches to peace, thus underlining the relevance of these activities.

Peace and War as Social Representation: A structural exploration with Italian adolescents / Sarrica, Mauro; J., Wachelke. - In: UNIVERSITAS PSYCHOLOGICA. - ISSN 1657-9267. - STAMPA. - 9(2):(2010), pp. 315-330.

Peace and War as Social Representation: A structural exploration with Italian adolescents

SARRICA, Mauro;
2010

Abstract

The present paper illustrates the potentialities offered by the Social Representations approach to the exploration of peace and war concepts. Free associations tasks to the stimuli War and Peace were given to 112 students in order to assess contents and structures. Differences related to gender, age and school grade were investigated. Attention was devoted to the role of peace education activities. Results indicate a dramatic representation of war, based on death and destruction. The representation of peace is based on intimate and positive emotional experiences. It appears weaker and polyphasic, with cues of change. Respondents involved in peace education show greater complexity of contents and more features related to positive approaches to peace, thus underlining the relevance of these activities.
2010
Peace education; Peace psychology; Social representations; Society; War
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Peace and War as Social Representation: A structural exploration with Italian adolescents / Sarrica, Mauro; J., Wachelke. - In: UNIVERSITAS PSYCHOLOGICA. - ISSN 1657-9267. - STAMPA. - 9(2):(2010), pp. 315-330.
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