Value Underpinnings of Antinuclear Political Activism: A Cross‐National Study

The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationships between selected value types and peace activist behavior in several countries. The participants in this study were college students from Idaho and California in the U.S., from London, England, and from Osaka, Japan; adults from the general population in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.; and physician‐activists from New Zealand. Each respondent completed a written questionnaire, which included the Rokeach Value Survey—Form G and the Werner‐Roy Peace Activism Scale. A significant relationship was found between the universalism value type and pro‐freeze activist behaviors across several of the participant groups.