@article{ref1,
title="Gender differences in the fear of terrorism among Japanese individuals in the Washington, D.C. area",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2010",
author="Shigemura, Jun and Fullerton, Carol S. and Ursano, Robert J. and Wang, Leming and Querci-Daniore, Raffaella and Horikawa, Naoshi and Yoshino, Aihide and Nomura, Soichiro",
volume="3",
number="3",
pages="117-120",
abstract="Introduction: Few studies have focused on public responses to terror threat among the Asian community in the United States. An Internet-based survey was conducted among 87 Japanese individuals living in the Washington, D.C. area to examine the risk factors for perceiving high fear of terrorism.Methods: The subjects were members of four Japanese community organizations based in the greater Washington region. Their degree of the fear of terrorism was assessed using a five-point Likert scale (Fear of Terrorism Score; FTS), ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely). A score of 2 or more was defined as a high FTS.Results: Bivariate analysis revealed that a high FTS was associated with being ≥36 years old, female, married, a permanent U.S. resident, a housewife, and having lived in the Washington or New York area during the September 11, 2001 attacks (p<0.05). In a multivariate model, being female was a predictor of high FTS (odds ratio=6.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.3-40.8, p=0.024).Conclusions: Japanese women living in the Washington area were six times more likely to perceive high fear of terrorism than men.Keywords: Gender, Terrorism, Anxiety, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Japanese<p />",
language="",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2010.03.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2010.03.011"
}