nmm 22 4500 ICPSR33001 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 120524s2012 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR33001 MiAaI MiAaI Generational Memory and the Critical Period [electronic resource] Evidence for National and World Events, 1985-2010 Howard Schuman , Amy Corning 2012-01-23 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2012 ICPSR 33001 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2012-05-24. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. Investigators of this study bring together survey data from sources both new and old in order to test the generational hypothesis that national and world events experienced during a "critical period" of later childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood have a disproportionate effect on memories, attitudes, and actions in later life. Also considered were competing explanations for the same evidence, especially interpretations based on period and recency effects. The data come from nine surveys, mostly national, carried out in the United States and in six other countries (China, Germany, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, and Russia), between 1985 and 2010. The hypothesis is largely supported for recall of past events, and also for commemorative behavior connected to World War II and to the Vietnam War. The evidence is mixed with regard to attitudes toward the Gulf War and the Iraq invasion, emphasizing the distinction between generational effects that result from lifetime experience and those due to a critical period. The analysis considered most of the major events faced by Americans over the past 80 years, ranging from the Great Depression to current issues, including such national traumas as the assassination of President Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Comparable events in other countries were also examined. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33001.v1 adults icpsr attitudes icpsr child development icpsr childhood icpsr coping icpsr emotional development icpsr experience icpsr life events icpsr mental health icpsr psychological effects icpsr September 11 attack icpsr terrorism icpsr Vietnam War icpsr war icpsr world problems icpsr World War II icpsr world wars icpsr ICPSR XVIII. ICPSR Publication-Related Archive Schuman, Howard University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research Corning, Amy University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33001.v1