@article{ref1,
title="Television exposure in children after a terrorist incident",
journal="Psychiatry interpersonal and biological processes",
year="2001",
author="Pfefferbaum, B. and Nixon, Sara J. and Tivis, R. D. and Doughty, D. E. and Pynoos, R. S. and Gurwitch, Robin H. and Foy, David W.",
volume="64",
number="3",
pages="202-211",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2747",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}