Rethinking Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities
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Yazarlar: Soylu, Nihan Selin, Tuzkaya, Feyzan, Solak, Çağlar, Peker-Dural, Hilal, Elçi, Cihan, Karasu, Mehmet, Mehmetoğlu, Ezgi, Göregenli, Melek, Soylu, Nihan Selin
Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Academic Data Management System, , , Uluslararası, Tam Metin Bildiri
Özet
In the recent times, there has been an upsurge in conflicting circumstances in Turkey.In this context, re-building a peaceful environment and understanding the socio-psychological obstacles facing the peace building process have been more crucial.The aim of in this study is to investigate the relationship between certain socio-psychological variables, i.e., conservatism, normative-humanistic attitudes, system justification, political trust regarding peace and attitudes toward peace with pro-peace behavioral intentions.The sample consisted of 454 participants from different regions of Turkey.Data was collected via an inquiry containing Socio-demographic Information Form, Polarity Scale (Tomkins 1978), Pro-peace Behavioral Intentions Scale (Bizumic et al. 2013), Attitudes toward Peace and War Scale (Bizumic et al. 2013), Political Trust regarding Peace Scale, Conservatism Subscale (Rattazzi, Bobbio, & Canova 2007) and General System Justification Scale (Kay & Jost 2003).The findings revealed that conservatism, normative-humanistic attitudes, system justification are significantly associated with attitudes toward peace and pro-peace behavioral intentions.Results also demonstrate a significant relation between system justification and background variables such as political and religious opinions.The results of the study were discussed in socio-psychological perspective considering geographic, cultural and ethnic differences in Turkey.