@article{ref1,
title="Media experiences and associations with mental health among the bereaved of the MH17-disaster: a latent profile analysis",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2018",
author="van der Velden, Peter G. and van der Meulen, Erik and Lenferink, Lonneke I. M. and Yzermans, C. Joris",
volume="59",
number="3",
pages="281-288",
abstract="Research has shown that the amount of media exposure is associated with post-event mental health problems. Whether bereaved individuals have negative experiences with media reports and whether they are associated with post-event mental health is unclear. This study evaluated these experiences and associations following the MH17-disaster. How media reports were experienced (nine topics, modified MAS), depression symptoms (QIDS-SR), functional problems (WSAS) and event-related coping-self-efficacy (CSE) were assessed about one year post-disaster (May-August 2015) among Dutch bereaved (N = 152). A substantial minority reported negative experiences such as reports made me angry (30%) and made me sad (48%). Latent profile analysis with symptoms, problems and coping self-efficacy as indicators, identified four classes of post-disaster mental health: a Well-functioning(class 1) , 35.1%; a Mild-problems(class 2) , 30.4%; a Sub-clinical(class 3) , 27.0%; and a Clinical(class 4) , 7.4%. Differences in symptoms, problems and coping self-efficacy levels between classes were large according to Cohen's ds. Multivariate logistic regression (MLR) showed that the Clinical(class 4) compared to the Well-functioning(class 1) , more often that felt that reports strongly &quot;embarrassed me,&quot; &quot;made me feel sad,&quot; &quot;filled me with fear&quot; and &quot;served as a magnifying glass.&quot; Future research should assess opportunities and effects of limiting media consumption.<br><br>© 2018 Tilburg University. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology published by Scandinavian Psychological Associations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/sjop.12426",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12426"
}