The attitudes of youths of high school age toward the war.

Chapter VIII: Mental Health of Children and Families in Wartime

“…Four of every five boys who were questioned expressed the opinion that "something might happen here" (for example, air raids, sabotage, espionage, or invasion). Attitudes expressed orally or in writing in June and July 1942 by 7000 high-school pupils (84) were classified as follows: definite antagonisms toward the war, 5 percent; critical attitude, 6 percent; indifferent, 21 percent; confusion about the war and its issues, 12 percent; mildly favorable, 9 percent; favorable without criticism, 26 percent; strongly favorable including vindictiveness toward the enemy, 21 percent.…”