Terrorism's Fear : Perceived Personal and National Threats
نویسندگان
چکیده
Terrorism represents an unexpected and unwanted change which challenges one’s social identity. We carried out a study to explore the demographic variables’ role on the perception of personal and national threat, and to investigate the effects of perceived terrorist threat on people’s ways of life, moods, opinions and hopes. 313 residents of Palermo (Italy) were interviewed. The results pointed out that the fear of terrorism affects three areas: the cognitive, the emotional and the behavioural one. Keywords—Disaster, national threat, personal threat, terrorism.
منابع مشابه
Dissecting the brain's fear system reveals the hypothalamus is critical for responding in subordinate conspecific intruders.
Effective defense against natural threats in the environment is essential for the survival of individual animals. Thus, instinctive behavioral responses accompanied by fear have evolved to protect individuals from predators and from opponents of the same species (dominant conspecifics). While it has been suggested that all perceived environmental threats trigger the same set of innately determi...
متن کاملAuthoritarianism and fear responses to pictures: the role of social differences.
Authoritarianism can be defined as the covariation of authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, and conventionalism (Altemeyer, 1981). All three of these tendencies involve adherence to specific standards of behavior: standards that could be exposed to threat and disruption. This study is an investigation of the self-reported fear of authoritarians in response to threats. A sample of ...
متن کاملChapter One: On the Theory of Ontological Fear
fear of death through enemy constructions...widening security agendas articulate the inability to fix threatening forces and the referent object which receives the threats... thus creates a condition of ontological insecurity – the impression of chaos. Even though I agree with Huysmans about the angst produced by the uncertainty of not knowing the possible threats, the scope he gives to ontolog...
متن کاملPerceived risk, severity of abuse, expectations, and needs of women experiencing intimate partner violence.
This prospective, descriptive, correlational study examined perceived risk, severity of abuse, expectations, and needs of women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) with arrest of the offender occurring at the time of incident. This study builds on previous research completed on fear and expectations of female victims/survivors of IPV that come to the attention of police, to expand know...
متن کاملPerceived Stress and Fear of COVID-19 Among the Elderly Referred to Comprehensive Health Centers in Tehran, Iran
Background & Aims: The emerging diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause a serious stress, fear, and anxiety in the elderly. This study aims to determine the perceived stress and fear of COVID-19 in the elderly referred to comprehensive health centers in Tehran, Iran. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 260 older people aged >60 years referred ...
متن کامل