The Myth that War is Intrinsic to Human Nature Discourages Action for Peace by Young People
Table III. Correlations Among All Factors and Peace Activity (all data) Page 8

School norm Family norm Friends' norm Anger Attitude Belief Past activity








Family norm .274
p=.001


Friends' norm .454
p<.001
.499
p<.001


Anger .233
p=.006
.070
p=.228
.325
p<.001


Attitude .297
p<.001
.217
p=.008
.454
p<.001
.245
p=.004


Belief -.147
p=.051
-.070
p=.218
.038
p=.337
.208
p=.013
.241
p=.003


Past activity .122
p=.088
.126
p=.080
.420
p<.001
.289
p=.001
.458
p<.001
.280
p=.001


Future activity .136
p=.074
.156
p=.048
.442
p<.001
.331
p<.001
.513
p<.001
.296
p=.001
.813
p<.001

Correlations with future activity based on n= 114. All other correlations based on n = 126. School norm, family norm and friends' norm are abbreviations for norm on peace activity. Anger represents anger at those responsible for the nuclear arms race. Attitude, past and future activity all refer to peace activity. Belief represents belief about the relation between human nature and war.

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