Emotional security as a condition for preventing fear of terrorism

Abstract

Introduction. Terrorophobia is today one of those fears that are commonly called global. The fear of terrorism as a real threat to private life becomes social and not every government is able to prevent terrorist attacks committed on its territory.Purpose setting. Prevention of the emergence and development of terrorophobia is, coming from society and the individual himself, a specific barrier to the fear of terrorism as an action and a social phenomenon as a whole. We believe that the main factor contributing to the overcoming of terrorophobia coming from society is educational activities. A factor coming from the individual (family) upbringing and self-education. The purpose of these three processes is one – the emotional protection of the individual from fears of different qualitative certainty. Analysis of emotional security as a factor in the prevention of terrorophobia.Methodology and methods of the study. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was made up of the main provisions of the subject-activity, system and functional approaches developed by domestic and foreign scientists.Results. The article proclaims the thesis that the emotional security of the subject, formed and developed at the personal level, is the most important condition (along with many others) of prevention and "experiencing" both the threat of terrorism itself and the terrorist attack itself as an action, a witness (and even a victim ) which any individual can become. Educational potential is a factor contributing to an increase in emotional security through psychological readiness, extensive communications and the improvement of one’s intellectual level.Conclusion. The goal of emotional security is always twofold: overcoming fears of any etiology and conscious reflection on the impossibility of their absolute overcoming. In the extreme, the goal is to teach yourself to live in conditions of uncertainty.