TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Effects of terrorism threat on economic preferences: the role of personality
JO  - Contemporary voices: St Andrews journal of international relations
A1  - Velias, Alina
A1  - Corr, Philip
SP  - 62
EP  - 72
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
N2  - Certain threats, such as terrorism tend to have a low probability of affecting us directly, yet reminders of them (such as media news) are striking. Could individuals with particular personality traits find them distractive from the usual priorities in daily decision-making? This study explored the putative effects of media-driven terrorism threat, on two economic preferences (risk aversion and delay discounting) - using a sample reasonably closely representative of a modern Western city. Participants (N = 78) higher on impulsivity showed lower risk-seeking under terrorism threat. Discussed are directions for further research and the implications for media coverage of terrorist threat.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2516-3159
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1305
ID  - ref1
ER  -