README file
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Dataset Title: Dataset on War and Terrorism Perceptions

Dataset Author/s:
  Stefano Passini;
  Laura Palareti;

Data Set Contact Person/s:
  Stefano Passini;

Data Set License:
This data set is distributed under a Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)\
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Publication Year: 2026


Data set Contents
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Files in this dataset:

Codebook.pdf
data.csv
data.sav
Syntax_analysis.sps
Syntax_recode.sps
README.txt


Abstract
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This registration provides the materials needed to reproduce the analyses reported in the study on public perceptions of war and terrorism. The project examines whether aggressive actions are evaluated mainly according to the type of target involved, military or civilian, or whether judgments are also influenced by the ethnic-cultural identity of the actor. The registration includes the dataset, a description of the variables and materials, and the syntax used to conduct the statistical analyses. This project does not contain a preregistration.

Content of the files:
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file Codebook.pdf contains description of the dataset
file data.csv contains dataset in CSV format
file data.sav contains dataset in SPSS format
file Syntax_analysis.sps contains syntax of analysis
file Syntax_recode.sps contains syntax of recodeof variables


Data sources
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The dataset is based on responses collected from Italian participants aged between 18 and 70 years. Participants were recruited through a snowballing procedure and completed an anonymous questionnaire.


Methodology
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Data were collected through an online questionnaire administered to Italian participants. After collection, the data were anonymized and prepared for statistical analysis. The dataset was then processed and analyzed using SPSS, following the syntax files provided in this registration.