Citation

Perrin PB. Am. Psychol. 2016; 71(1): 71-72.

Affiliation

Virginia Commonwealth University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0039994

PMID

26766766

Abstract

In her presidential address, N. J. Kaslow argued that psychologists have a responsibility to translate psychological science to the public and identifies various platforms for doing so. In this comment on her article, I advocate that psychology as a field immediately heed her call in the area of psychological science highlighting the media's contribution to contagion in mass shootings. I point out the psychological science documenting media contagion for suicide and mass shootings, the World Health Organization's (2008) guidelines for media in reporting suicide deaths to prevent that contagion, and discuss ways-based on Dr. Kaslow's suggestions-that psychologists can disseminate psychological science to prevent similar tragedies in the future. (PsycINFO Database Record

Language: en