Psychological constructs of international images

Description

This study was conducted during the summer of 1963 in Yoshitkawa-Machi, Japan. The sample includes two groups: a general population random sample of 287 registered voters and a group of 28 community leaders. The study includes a number of demographic variables: the respondents' sex, age, marital status, education, income, and occupation. Interest in the local community and degree of participation in local affairs are explored, as is the respondents' involvement in the political life of their community. Respondents were asked to react to certain world leaders and their countries - Japan, United States, Russia, and Communist China - and to abstract ideas such as peace and war by rating them on a series of descriptive scales. Another major portion of the study ascertains respondent self-evaluation, sociability, personal ideological orientation, and political efficacy.