In this study the question being tested was: Does terrorism influence how school-age children identify facial expressions shown by those around them. The variable in this experiment was whether or not the participant had experienced a specific terrorist attack. The working hypothesis was that children who had experienced a traumatic experience, such as a terrorist attack, would not be able to identify various expressions of facial emotions. The introduction to this experiment was very intriguing. “On September 1, 2004, armed multinational terrorists (Chechens, Ingush) took about 1,200 children and adults hostage in school number 1 in the Russian city of Beslan (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania). The terrorists held the school under siege for 3 days, during which all the hostages were denied water, food and medicine. Hundreds of them were packed into the school gym, where the heat was unbearable. In these conditions many children died of dehydration; others drank their urine to survive” (Scrimin, Moscardino, Capello, Altoe and Axia, 2009). For some this might be the worst thing to read, but when I read this I try to understand what the terrorists and hostages were thinking. I am not saying, however, that I condone this type of action. The introduction goes on to describe some of the other things that happened during those three days and provides some brief quotes from those who experienced them. Previous research on the effects of terrorism on children's ability to correctly identify facially expressed emotions has indicated that children who have experienced a terrorist attack are more likely to develop anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Scrimin... in the center of the paper... in another country and I also performed the experiments on them. As I think about this study, some questions come to mind: what can be done, if anything, to help these children who have suffered from PTSD and/or a terrorist Two: Is there a way we Christians can help end terrorism and domestic abuse so that children can grow up in a loving environment I believe the implications of this study should push us toward these two questions and the search for answers? Does this study also imply that violence and/or trauma will have a lasting effect on a child's life and how he or she perceives those around him or her. Works Cited Scrimin, S., Moscardino, U., Capello, F., Altoe, G. ., & Axia, G. (2009). Recognition of facial expressions of mixed emotions in school-age children exposed to terrorism. Developmental psychology, 45(5), 1341-1352.