Attitudes toward warfare were compared between samples of Canadian and US
adolescents. Political attitudes in general have been attributed variously to
influences of sociopolitical context, nationhood, media, and gender. Adolescents'
responses to open-ended questions, and statements presented with a Likert-type
rating scale suggested that whereas gender and sociopolitical context, for example
contemporary attitudes toward political leaders, do influence attitudes toward war,
there is a powerful effect of nationhood. The interventionist approaches of the
United States and the peacekeeping emphasis of Canada are reflected in the attitudes
of their youth.
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