The 1999 Balkan war: changes in ratings of values and prowar attitudes among French students.
This study investigated the association of Kosovo's 1999 war with a value rating of 56 female French students and links between values evaluated at two times (before and during the war) and attitudes towards the Balkan war. Subjects completed a survey of 15 values by means of a 9-point Likert-type scale one month before the beginning of the Balkan war (Time 1) and during the war, 3 mo. later (Time 2). Attitude towards the war was also measured by means of a 4-item scale completed at Time 2. Analysis indicated two slight unpredicted shifts: Universalism and Stimulation value-types were rated higher at Time 2 than at Time 1. Moreover, two value-types were consistently correlated both at Times 1 and 2 with prowar attitudes: conformity (r = .29 and .27) and universalism (r = -.29 and -.43). This latter result, consistent with our hypothesis, suggested that individuals' values represent modest but significant correlates of prowar attitudes.
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Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale, Université Pierre Mendès, France.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012925:Social Conformity; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare; D015022:Yugoslavia