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The growing concern regarding the prevention of nuclear war has generated Interest among researchers to define and understand the current attitudes and beliefs of individuals across age groups. The results of these studies have consistently shown that when questioned about nuclear issues all age groups express concern. Van Hoorn and French (1988) compared national surveys and found 28% of adolescents and 30% of adults expressing thinking “often” about nuclear war--ranges of 30% to 99% are reported in the literature (Buban, McConnell, and Duncan, 1988).
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Buban, M.E., McConnell, S.C., Duncan, B. (1990). The Nuclear Age Persona: From Coping to Nonviolent Change. In: Kool, V.K. (eds) Perspectives on Nonviolence. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4458-5_11
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