In an attempt to find variables of a counterterrorism policy that increased the perceived security of citizens and their support for the policy, an online survey experiment (N = 148) was conducted...Show moreIn an attempt to find variables of a counterterrorism policy that increased the perceived security of citizens and their support for the policy, an online survey experiment (N = 148) was conducted on a Dutch convenience sample in which the threat level of a terrorist attack and the type of counterterrorism policy were manipulated. This research confirmed that an increase in the threat of a terrorist attack leads to a decrease in the perceived security of citizens, but it could not find evidence for the influence of the political philosophy underpinning the counterterrorism policy or the interaction effect between the threat level and the political orientation of the policy.Show less
