Television exposure in children after a terrorist incident.
Psychiatry
; 64(3): 202-11, 2001.
Article
de En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11708044
This study examined the influence of bomb-related television viewing in the context of physical and emotional exposure on posttraumatic stress symptoms--intrusion, avoidance, and arousal--in middle school students following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Over 2,000 middle school students in Oklahoma City were surveyed 7 weeks after the incident. The primary outcome measures were the total posttraumatic stress symptom score and symptom cluster scores at the time of assessment. Bomb-related television viewing in the aftermath of the disaster was extensive. Both emotional and television exposure were associated with posttraumatic stress at 7 weeks. Among children with no physical or emotional exposure, the degree of television exposure was directly related to posttraumatic stress symptomatology. These findings suggest that television viewing in the aftermath of a disaster may make a small contribution to subsequent posttraumatic stress symptomatology in children or that increased television viewing may be a sign of current distress and that it should be monitored. Future research should examine further whether early symptoms predict increased television viewing and/or whether television viewing predicts subsequent symptoms.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Télévision
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Comportement de l'enfant
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Terrorisme
Type d'étude:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limites:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Langue:
En
Journal:
Psychiatry
Année:
2001
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
États-Unis d'Amérique
Pays de publication:
États-Unis d'Amérique