summarized in the study by William Eckhardt that is enclosed with this newsletter
showed that college students in most countries tend to believe this myth in about
half the cases. Although Eckhardt quotes data gathered in 1969, more recent studies
by Seville signatories Riitta Wahlstrom in Finland and David Adams in the US found
almost exactly the same proportions in 1984 and 1985 respectively. Percentages in a
few countries may be lower or higher, ranging from a low of 30% in an unnamed Communist
country to a high of 68% for white South Africans. In all cases, however, the numbers
are a cause for alarm - there is much work to be done

--- Many new publications of the Seville Statement on Violence can be added to the
list of 71 that was enclosed with the July newsletter. As described in the enclosed
letter from Professor Qicheng Jing, the first publication in Chinese has been included
in the book, Contemporary Trends in the Development of Psychology. A copy of the
publication has been requested so that the Chinese translation can be disseminated.

--- Another new publication is enclosed - as published in the October issue of the
American Psychologist. This journal goes to all members of the American Psychological
Association which endorsed the Statement in 1987.

--- Other new publications come from Peru, Mexico, Sweden. Syria, Greece, and England.
In Peru, it is included in the third edition of Cultura de Paz, published by the 
Permanent National Commission of Education for Peace of the Ministry of Education. 
Thanks go to Felipe MacGregor for this initiative. In Mexico, it is included in a new
book by signatory Santiago Genoves, entitled Expedicion a la Violencia. The book is
"an enlargement on the Seville Statement appropriate for readers at all levels." In
Sweden, Psychologist Lennart Parknas will print and comment on the Seville Statement in
his new book, Vagen till forandring - En handbok for overlevnadsarbete (The Way to
Change - A Handbook for Survival Work). In Syria, the Arabic translation by George
Jabbour mentioned in the July Newsletter is now published: in The Arabs and Human Rights
(Damascus, Dar-Al-Marifal, 1990, 76 pages). In Greece, both the Seville Statement and
the Yamoussoukro Declaration are included in a volume on Education for Peace and Human
Rights, published in Greek by Dimitra Papadopoulou and the Laboratory of Education for
Peace. Most of the 2000 copies have been absorbed by teachers and education students.
In England, according to Graham Kemp, the Seville Statement may be found as an appendix
in A Reader in Peace Studies, edited by Paul Smoker, Ruth Davies, and Barbara Munske
and published by Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1990.

--- New endorsements of the Seville Statement come from the Section on the Sociology of
Peace and War of the American Sociological Association (See letter from Jon Hlavacek in
July Newsletter). The ASA Council is expected to vote on official endorsement in January
Also the West Virginia Psychological Association has endorsed the Statement, according
to a letter from Executive Director Thomas J. Stevens to Helen Mehr, who has coordinated
the endorsement by state psychological associations in the US

--- Recent months have seen both negative and positive assessments of the Seville State,
ment. 0n the negative side, readers are urged to Consult the Albert Somit review in the
Journal of Conflict Resolution, 34:3, Sept., 1990, pages 553-582. The review addresses
many issues, including not only a pessimistic assessment of human violence, but also a
pessimistic view of human capacity for democracy,

--- 0n the positive side, Nobel Laureate for Peace, Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland,
opened her presentation on October 30 to the Nobel Forum in Japan by citing the message
of hope from Seville. Seymour Feshbach cited the Seville Statement in his Presidential
address to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, which is printed
in the Journal of Social Issues, 46: 183-198, 1990. Keith Suter has included the Statement
in the University of Western Australia Law School lecture program and newsletter
of the United Nations Association of Western Australia. Bernard Nisenholz has added a
new chapter to his introductory counseling text, Orientation to Counseling (Allyn and
Bacon, 1991) to include a synopsis of the Seville Statement. And Seville signatories
Riitta Wahlstrom and Jose Luis Diaz have publicized the Statement to the World Association 
for Orphans and Abandoned Children, and in an article in El Financiero (Mexico
City, August 32, 1990), respectively.

Peace,

David Adams
Corresponding Secretary