Current and Needed Psychological Research in International Relations.

The article focuses on psychological research in international relations. Six related areas of current and needed psychological research can be identified in the field of international relations: (1) the differing strategies of dealing with group conflict and the effects of these strategies upon conflict resolution--the area of social action; (2) the basis of aggression and violence in the individual personality--the individual motivational approach; (3) national imagery, the image people hold of other countries as well as of their own country--the area of cognitive structures; (4) the role of public opinion in the outbreak of war and the role of public opinion with respect to disarmament and nuclear warfare--the social process approach; (5) the psychological basis of national sovereignty and national involvement--the area of social structure, and (6) the social and psychological conditions conducive to the development of international structures--additional social structural considerations.