Terrorism
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Attitudes and action: public opinion and the occurrence of international terrorism.

16 Sep 2009 The predictors of terrorism are unclear. This paper examines the effect of public opinion in one country toward another country on the number of terrorist attacks perpetrated by people or groups from the former country against targets in the latter ... Read more...

Recognition of facial expressions of mixed emotions in school-age children exposed to terrorism.

30 Aug 2009 This exploratory study aims at investigating the effects of terrorism on children's ability to recognize emotions. A sample of 101 exposed and 102 nonexposed children (mean age = 11 years), balanced for age and gender, were assessed 20 months after ... Read more...

Examining student perspectives on suicidal behaviour and its prevention in Sri Lanka.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Suicidal behaviour, primarily through self-poisoning, is a major public health problem among youth in Sri Lanka. METHODS: This article describes a qualitative study of student perspectives on suicidal behaviour and its prevention. Focus ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Terrorism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Torture and attachment: conscience and the analyst's world-seeing eye. 29 Sep 2009
• Attitudes and action: public opinion and the occurrence of international terrorism. 16 Sep 2009
• Animal rights terrorists: what every neuroscientist should know. 14 Sep 2009
• Recognition of facial expressions of mixed emotions in school-age children exposed to terrorism. 30 Aug 2009
• Examining student perspectives on suicidal behaviour and its prevention in Sri Lanka. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of temporary shunting on extremity vascular injury: an outcome analysis from the Global War on Terror vascular injury initiative. 30 Aug 2009
• The use of fixatives for response to a radiation dispersal devise attack--a review of the current (2009) state-of-the-art. 20 Aug 2009
• Association between terror attacks and suicide attempts. 30 Jul 2009
• Public perceptions of the threat of terrorist attack in Australia and anticipated compliance behaviours. 30 Jul 2009
• A social-cognitive perspective of terrorism risk perception and individual response in Canada. 22 Jul 2009
• Terrorism-related perceived stress, adolescent depression, and social support from friends. 11 Jul 2009
• A spiritual-hypnosis assisted treatment of children with PTSD after the 2002 Bali terrorist attack. 29 Jun 2009
• Letter Regarding: Piegorsch, W.W., Cutter, S.L., and Hardisty, F. (2007). Benchmark analysis for quantifying urban vulnerability to terrorist incidents. Risk Analysis, 27(6), 1411-1425. 28 Jun 2009
• Risk analysis of chemical, biological, or radionuclear threats: implications for food security. 28 Jun 2009
• The elephant in the room is called game theory. 22 Jun 2009
• Agriculture emergencies: a primer for first responders. 30 May 2009
• Terrorist attacks and substance abuse. 30 May 2009
• Substance use and misuse in the aftermath of terrorism. A Bayesian meta-analysis. 30 May 2009
• Long-term effects of the terrorist attack in Beslan on adolescent survivors. 30 May 2009
• Sacred values: psychological and anthropological perspectives on fairness, fundamentalism, and terrorism. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Terrorism'

Definition: The use or threatened use of force or violence against persons or property in violation of criminal laws for purposes of intimidation, coercion, or ransom, in support of political or social objectives.

Descriptor UI: D023481

Alternative terms: Terrorism;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.856.800; I01.880.735.900.800;

History Note: 2001; use VIOLENCE 1981-2000