The Threat of Nuclear War and the Nuclear Arms Race: Adolescent Experience and Perceptions
The Threat of Nuclear War and the Nuclear Arms Race: Adolescent Experience and Perceptions
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核战争的威胁和核军备竞赛：青少年的经历和看法
DOI：
10.2307/3790871
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发表时间：
1983
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Robert H. Snow
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作者：
L. Goodman;J. Mack;W. Beardslee;Robert H. Snow
在这项试点研究中，31名来自波士顿和周边社区的高中生接受了采访，了解核毁灭威胁对他们生活的影响，并探讨他们对周围政治环境的看法。讨论的问题包括受访者对核威胁的认识程度;对个人和国家安全的看法;责任和指责的分配;对美国的看法。苏联的关系和领导;以及对未来的展望。答案中出现了某种一致性。对这些年轻人来说，核战争的恐怖是直接和生动的。死亡是他们期望的命运，如果不是迫在眉睫，那么在他们的一生中。大多数人生活在两个层面上，认为没有未来，仍然制定计划，好像会有。这些青少年不愿意生活在苏联拥有核武器而美国没有核武器的情况下。然而，他们几乎没有从核武器中获得安全或保障。几乎所有人都质疑我国及其领导人的政治心态。他们体验到一种强烈的无助感，并认为世界越来越混乱和失控，由技术而不是人类管理。采访中弥漫着一种没有未来的感觉，这种感觉不仅来自核威胁本身，而且来自人们认为成年一代不能或不愿意停止军备竞赛的看法。这项研究的结果表明，成年人需要了解和承认青少年对核威胁的感受和看法，教育青少年了解核军备竞赛的现实，以便他们至少能够克服因无知而产生的恐惧。最后，成年人需要提供建设性的渠道，
In this pilot study, thirty-one high school students from Boston and surrounding communities were interviewed to learn about the impact on their lives of the threat of nuclear annihilation and to explore their perceptions of the surrounding political context. Issues discussed included extent of the interviewees' awareness of the nuclear threat; perceptions of personal and national security; assignment of responsibility and blame; views on the U.S.-Soviet relationship and leadership; and visions of the future. A certain consistency emerges in the responses. The horror of nuclear war is immediate and vivid for these young people. Death is the fate they expect, if not imminently, then within their lifetimes. Most live on two levels, thinking there will be no future, and still making plans as if there will be. These teenagers would not like to live in a situation where the Soviets have nuclear weapons and the United States does not. Yet they experience little safety or security from nuclear weapons. Almost all question the political mentality of our country and its leadership. They experience an intense sense of helplessness and see the world as increasingly chaotic and out of control, run by technology rather than human beings. The sense of futurelessness which pervades the interviews stems not only from the nuclear threat itself but also from perceptions that the adult generation is unable, or unwilling, to halt the arms race. The findings of this study suggests that adults need to be aware of and acknowledge adolescents' feelings and views about the nuclear threat, and educate young people to the realities of the nuclear arms race so that they can at least overcome that aspect offear which stems from ignorance. Finally, adults need to provide constructive channels through