TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Television exposure in children after a terrorist incident
JO  - Psychiatry interpersonal and biological processes
A1  - Pfefferbaum, B.
A1  - Nixon, Sara J.
A1  - Tivis, R. D.
A1  - Doughty, D. E.
A1  - Pynoos, R. S.
A1  - Gurwitch, Robin H.
A1  - Foy, David W.
SP  - 202
EP  - 211
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2747
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -