Fear of the Unknown: Does Fear of Terrorism Differ From Fear of Contracting COVID-19?

Bitton, Mally Shechory; Laufer, Avital

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.660777

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“…During the COVID-19 outbreak, Zhu et al ( 81 ) conducted a survey on mental health status of Chinese employees and found that 30.8% of employees experienced significant stress responses, 51.3% experienced mild to moderate depressive responses, and 43.3% experienced mild to moderate anxiety responses. Similarly, most people experienced psychological problems (i.e., anxiety, stress, depression) ( 79 , 83 ) and have a tendency to suicide ( 84 ) under the COVID-19.…”

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The Influence of Mental Health on Job Satisfaction: Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital and Social Capital

Cao

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Using data from the 2018 Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS), based on the mood-congruent theory, this study aims to explore the mechanisms of mental health on job satisfaction from the internal perspective (psychological capital) and external perspective (social capital). The results showed that (1) the two components of mental health have different effects on job satisfaction. The positive component of mental health had a positive effect on job satisfaction, while the negative component of mental health had a negative effect on job satisfaction; (2) Psychological capital and social capital play a mediating role in the relationship between mental health and job satisfaction. (3) After considering the potential endogenous problems between mental health and job satisfaction and conducting additional robustness analysis, including changing dependent variable and changing independent variable, our main results and influence mechanisms are remain robust and reliable. With the emergence of an increasingly competitive knowledge economy era, employees' mental health plays an important role in job satisfaction. Thus, it is imperative for managers to enhance employees' job satisfaction and better implement humanistic management by nurturing employees' psychological and social capital through the mental health.

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The Influence of Mental Health on Job Satisfaction: Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital and Social Capital

Cao

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…It is possible that the estimation of emotional well-being is related to the specific timing of the post-COVID-19 data collection which has been delayed compared to the lockdown release. Another possible explanation can refer to the habituation process (Shechory Bitton & Laufer, 2021). The continuous threat associated with the prolonged exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic, although just for two months, might have impacted whether a process of habituation occurred over time, moderating the impact on negative consequences.…”

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Pathways to resilience: The parallel change in children’s emotional difficulties and family context during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.

Nocentini¹,

Palladino²,

Imbimbo³

et al. 2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective:The study analyses which pathways to adjustment emerged at the family level during the COVID-19 containment period in Italy, during which children were locked down with their families for 56 days from March 11 to May 6. Using a longitudinal design, with data pre-and postevent, a bivariate latent change score model analyzed the covariance of the change in family well-being (FW) and in emotional difficulties (ED), testing if the longitudinal change in ED is a function of the starting level of FW, and vice-versa. Children's stress reactions to the pandemic and other related experiences were included as additional predictors. Method: A total of 166 middle school students (86 females) with a mean age of 11.14 (SD = .47) completed two online questionnaires, in January 2020 (T0) and in June 2020 (T1). Results: Results showed that children's ED decreased significantly, on average, during the lockdown period, and FW remained constant. ED and FW change scores had a significant and negative covariation (b = À .46; p = .01). When family well-being increased emotional difficulties decreased, and vice versa. FW at T0 predicted no change in FW, nor did T0 scores of ED predict any change in FW. Conclusions: The strong intercorrelated change between children's ED and FW during the lockdown does not seem influenced by preexisting levels of individual and family functioning. Findings supported the view that for some families, the COVID-19 lockdown was also an opportunity to experience deeper emotional connections, contributing to a decrease in ED. Clinical Impact StatementOn average, the emotional difficulties of young adolescents during the Italian COVID-19 lockdown decreased significantly. This finding suggests that the family relationships during the lockdown, on average, contributed to a possible growth in terms of emotional well-being. When the dynamic and parallel change between children and family system is considered, the preexisting levels of functioning (individual and systemic) are not relevant. The reciprocal adjustment is defined during the stressful event. Findings suggest that it is essential to activate supportive actions (i.e. parent training aimed to promote positive emotion socialization and warm relationships during stressful events) for all the families at the very early stage of the containment measures.

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“…Terrorist attacks and criminal offences differ in regard to motivations and goals (Brück & Müller, 2010 ; Hasisi et al, 2020 ) as well as victim and offender characteristic (Lowry & Lating, 2002 ). Yet, both terrorist attacks and criminal offences are forms of violence (Nellis, 2009 ; Warr, 1984 ) that can cause injuries and death, disturb the social fabric of life (Ganor, 2005 ; Zemishlany, 2012 ), impair personal wellbeing (Cohen-Louck, 2019 ; Hoffman et al, 2016 ; Solomon et al, 1988 ), and create fears (Ganor, 2005 ; Zemishlany, 2012 ) not just in the victims but also in the general public (Alfaro-Beracoechea et al, 2018 ; Box et al, 1988 ; Brück & Müller, 2010 ; Cohen-Louck, 2019 ; Hale, 1996 ; Hoffman et al, 2016 ; Park et al, 2011 ; Rader, 2017 ; Shechory Bitton & Laufer, 2021 ).…”

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“…One of the factors related to fear of terrorism is coping style (Cohen-Louck & Ben-David, 2017 ; Shechory Bitton & Laufer, 2021 ), which refers to thoughts and acts that people use to manage stressful events (Folkman et al, 1987 ). Lazarus and Folkman ( 1984 ) identified two coping styles: problem-focused and emotion-focused (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984 ).…”

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“…Terrorist attacks are extremely violent events, aimed against people of all ages from all parts of society, with no distinction between genders (Onat et al, 2021 ; Perry et al, 2019 ). The impact of terrorism is not restricted to the direct victims, but extends to the entire community (Onat et al, 2021 ; Williamson et al, 2019 ) and induces a sense of vulnerability, fear, anxiety and helplessness among the general population (Cohen-Louck, 2019 ; Hoffman et al, 2016 ; Shechory Bitton & Laufer, 2021 ). Therefore, the fear of being a terrorist attack victim, known as fear of terrorism (Braithwaite, 2013 ), has resulted in considerable research interest.…”

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A Model for Predicting Fear of Terrorism through Fear of Crime, Gender, Locus of Control and Coping Strategies

Cohen-Louck

Levy

Rozmann

2023

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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This study examines the assumption that aspects of fear of crime (fear of rape and sense of insecurity) predict fear of terrorism. The online survey included 754 Israeli respondents, who answered questions about their demographic characteristics, fear of terrorism, fear of crime indicators (fear of rape and sense of insecurity), locus of control (LOC; internal and external), and coping strategies. The findings indicate that for women, higher belief in chance and fate, and powerful others (external LOC), higher sense of insecurity, and higher fear of rape were related to a higher fear of terrorism. For men, higher belief in chance and fate (external LOC), higher sense of insecurity, and higher fear of rape were related to a higher fear of terrorism. Furthermore, the effect of fear of rape on fear of terrorism was mediated by sense of insecurity. Our findings support the assumption that fear of crime shadows and affects fear of terrorism for men as well as women. Therefore, fear of rape should be addressed as a significant issue for both genders.

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Fear of the Unknown: Does Fear of Terrorism Differ From Fear of Contracting COVID-19?

Cited by 9 publications

References 73 publications

The Influence of Mental Health on Job Satisfaction: Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital and Social Capital

The Influence of Mental Health on Job Satisfaction: Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital and Social Capital

Pathways to resilience: The parallel change in children’s emotional difficulties and family context during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.

A Model for Predicting Fear of Terrorism through Fear of Crime, Gender, Locus of Control and Coping Strategies

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