Reaction to a Campus Confrontation

Students' reactions to the occupation of a university building were surveyed on the first and last day of the occupation as well as several weeks following the end of the occupation. Results of the survey show that the conflict tended to polarize attitudes about radicals against them and increa...

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Published inJournal of Applied Social Psychology Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 57
Main Author Epstein, Yakov M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1971
Subjects
Activism
Attitude Change
Behavioral Science Research
College Students
Higher Education
Political Attitudes
Rutgers University
Student Behavior
Student College Relationship
Student Organizations
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Summary:Students' reactions to the occupation of a university building were surveyed on the first and last day of the occupation as well as several weeks following the end of the occupation. Results of the survey show that the conflict tended to polarize attitudes about radicals against them and increase attitudes favorable to conventional political groups. (Author/MB)