TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Gender differences in the fear of terrorism among Japanese individuals in the Washington, D.C. area
JO  - Asian journal of psychiatry
A1  - Shigemura, Jun
A1  - Fullerton, Carol S.
A1  - Ursano, Robert J.
A1  - Wang, Leming
A1  - Querci-Daniore, Raffaella
A1  - Horikawa, Naoshi
A1  - Yoshino, Aihide
A1  - Nomura, Soichiro
SP  - 117
EP  - 120
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1876-2018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2010.03.011
ID  - ref1
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