The relationship between resilience, self-efficacy, positive negative affect and terrorism

Terrorist attacks affect also all layers of society beside the directly affected victims. In this study, the definition of terrorism in the literature, the development of terrorism, examined varieties were introduced and aproached major terrorist attacks that took place in Turkey in 2016. Then, the concepts of terrorism risk perception, psychological endurance, self efficacy and positive negative sentiment were examined in order to measure the effects of terrorist attacks on society, especially indirectly affected individuals. In the study field study was carried out in Istanbul. The participants' psychological and emotional relations with terrorism risk perceptions and terror incidents were analyzed. The analysis examined whether there were any differences in the sub-dimensions of terrorism according to the different demographic characteristics of the participants. A negative correlation was found between the risk perception of terrorism and psychological endurance. There was a positive correlation between terrorism risk perception and negative emotions. Various suggestions were made according to the results. In conclusion, it was found that terrorism risk perception is low in people with high psychological resilience. Risk perceptions of terrorism were found high in people with high negative emotions.