Cognitive and emotional representations of terror attacks: a cross-cultural exploration
Date
2007Source Title
Risk Analysis
Print ISSN
0272-4332
Electronic ISSN
1539-6924
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
397 - 409
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
A questionnaire measuring cognitive and affective representations of terror risk was developed and tested in Turkey and Israel. Participants in the study were university students from the two countries (n = 351). Four equivalent factors explained terror risk cognitions in each sample: costs, vulnerability, trust, and control. A single negative emotionality factor explained the affective component of terror risk representations in both samples. All factors except control could be measured reliably. Results supported the validity of the questionnaire by showing expected associations between cognitions and emotions, as well as indicating gender differences and cultural variations. Current findings are discussed in relation to previous results, theoretical approaches, and practical implications.
Keywords
Cross-cultural comparisonsGender
Risk perception
Terror
Reliability theory
Social aspects
Students
Cross-cultural comparisons
Cultural variations
Gender differences
Risk analysis
Cognition
Gender disparity
Questionnaire survey
Controlled study
Cost
Cultural factor
Emotion
Emotionality
Normal human
Questionnaire
Sex difference
Terrorism
Trust
University student
Adolescent
Adult
Cognition
Cultural characteristics
Female
Israel
Male
Perception
Risk assessment
Sex factors
Asia
Eurasia
Middle East
Turkey
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