@article{ref1,
title="Incident-related television viewing and psychiatric disorders in Oklahoma City bombing survivors",
journal="International journal of emergency mental health",
year="2012",
author="Pfefferbaum, Betty and North, Carol S. and Pfefferbaum, Rose L. and Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung and Houston, J. Brian and Regens, James L.",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="247-255",
abstract="The objective of this study was to examine terrorism media coverage and psychiatric outcomes in directly-exposed terrorism survivors. The study used (1) self-report questionnaires to retrospectively assess event-related media behaviors and reactions in a cross sectional design and (2) longitudinal structured diagnostic interviews to assess psychopathologic outcomes. The participants were 99 directly-exposed Oklahoma City bombing survivors who were initially studied six months after the 1995 incident. Though a fear reaction to bombing-related television coverage and fear-driven discontinuation of bombing-related media contact were associated with diagnostic outcomes, the number of hours viewing bombing-related television coverage in the first week after the event was not associated with the prevalence of bombing-related posttraumatic stress disorder or post-bombing major depressive disorder during the seven years post event. The results raise doubt about the effects of quantified incident-related television viewing on clinically-significant emotional outcomes in directly-exposed terrorism survivors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1522-4821",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}