@article{ref1,
title="Media exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the wake of the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks: a population-based study in France",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Robert, Maëlle and Stene, Lise Eilin and Garfin, Dana Rose and Vandentorren, Stephanie and Motreff, Yvon and du Roscoat, Enguerrand and Pirard, Philippe",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="509457-509457",
abstract="The intense mass media coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks on November 13, 2015 exposed a majority of the French population to the attacks. Prior research has documented the association between media exposure to terrorism and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). The present study replicated and extended these findings in a French sample. A population-based sample (N = 1,760) was drawn from a national web-enabled panel in June 2016. Hours of attack-related media exposure (i.e., TV-watching, viewing internet images, engaging in social media exchanges) in the 3 days following the attacks were assessed. Multivariate regression models, adjusting for gender, age, direct exposure (i.e., witnessing in person or knowing someone injured or killed), residential area, social support, pre-attack mental health service utilization, and other adverse life events, examined the association between media exposure and PTSS (assessed using the self-report PCL-5). Compared to those reporting less than 2 hours of daily attack-related television exposure, those reporting 2-4 hours (β = 3.1, 95% CI = 0.8-5.3) or >4 hours (β = 4.7, 95% CI = 2.0-7.4) of media exposure reported higher attack-related PTSS. This finding was replicated with social media use: those with moderate (β = 3.2, 95% CI = 0.9-5.5) or high (β = 6.8, 95% CI = 1.9-11.7) use reported higher PTSS than those reporting no use. Subanalyses demonstrated that media exposure and PTSS were not associated in those directly exposed to the attacks. <br><br>RESULTS highlight the potential public health risk of extensive mass media exposure to traumatic events.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2021.509457",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.509457"
}