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Psychosocial resilience in the face of a mediated terrorist threat

Pieter A. Maeseele, Gino Verleye, Isabelle Stevens, and Anne Speckhard (2008). Psychosocial resilience in the face of a mediated terrorist threat. Media, War & Conflict. 2008; 1(1): p. 50-69 http://mwc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/1/50 After 9/11, studies concerning psychological and psychiatric effects of terrorism have greatly multiplied. Media exposure to terrorism has been shown to be a vital factor in these effects. However, there is a lack of pre-trauma research assessing the resilience of the civilian population in the face of a `mediated’ terrorist threat. This article discusses an eight-dimensional conceptual model of terrorism-related issues central to psychosocial resilience to terrorism. Survey results (N = 1040) are provided which present an index of these terrorism-related issues for Flanders (Belgium) in December 2004 and January 2005 and their correlations...continue to full post

Full post as published by Terrorism Research News on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).