Media exposure to terrorism and people's risk perception: The role of environmental sensitivity and psychophysiological response to stress

British Journal of Psychology
Enrico RubaltelliGiulia Buodo

Abstract

Terrorist attacks have a destabilizing impact on the general population, causing distress and fear. However, not all individuals are equally susceptible to the effects of terror threat. This study aimed to examine whether exposure to terrorism-related pictures interacted with individual differences in environmental sensitivity and psychophysiological response to stress to explain people's risk perception, operationalized as perceived likelihood of a terrorist attack and willingness to trade off one's privacy to increase national security. Ninety-five university students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions (terrorism-related vs. neutral pictures). After watching the pictures, they answered questions concerning risk perception and completed questionnaires. Stress was induced by the Mannheim Multicomponent Stress Test, during which heart rate was recorded. Results showed that the perceived likelihood of future attacks was affected by the interaction between exposure to terrorism pictures and psychophysiological reactivity to stress, whereas willingness to trade off one's privacy to improve national security was influenced by the interaction between exposure to terrorism pictures and environmental sensitivity. The study...Continue Reading

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Jul 16, 2019·Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions·Montana MarcVanelle Patrice
Jun 17, 2020·Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis·Enrico RubaltelliUghetta Moscardino
Sep 21, 2020·British Journal of Health Psychology·Enrico RubaltelliSara Scrimin
Jan 16, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Manuela Pérez-ChacónMaría Luisa Avargues-Navarro

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