Abstract
Terrorism creates a wave of fear and uncertainty. Terrorism has influenced many, but specifically it has had a dreadful influence on students. The current research study investigates the concerns about terrorism using three scales: anti-terrorism, peace, and social context (attitudes to modern female emancipation); and the coping strategies they are using to deal with it. A cross sectional study research design is employed in current study. Sample is comprised of 387 students collected from all nine faculties of Karachi University faculty, 1-Faculty of Education, 2- Faculty of Engineering, 3- Faculty of Islamic Studies, 4- Faculty of Law, 5- Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, 6- Faculty of Medicine, 7- Faculty of Pharmacy, 8- Faculty of Science, 9- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Consent form, demographic sheet, students’ concerns about terrorism scale, and COPE inventory were administered on students. Descriptive and inferential statistics are applied to analyze the data. All statistical analysis is done on SPSS version 22.
Presenters
Saima AqeelAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Sind (en), Pakistan
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Religious Community and Socialization
KEYWORDS
ANTI-TERRORISM, COPING, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, PEACE, FEMALE EMANCIPATION
