<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/13994" mdate="2008-04-28 00:00:00"> <author>Gioacchino Lavanco and Floriana Romano and Anna Milio</author> <title>Terrorism&amp;039;s Fear Perceived Personal and National Threats</title> <pages>218 - 221</pages> <year>2008</year> <volume>2</volume> <number>4</number> <journal>International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/13994.pdf</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/16</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Terrorism represents an unexpected and unwanted change which challenges ones 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 peoples 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. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 16, 2008</index> </article>