TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Incident-related television viewing and psychiatric disorders in Oklahoma City bombing survivors
JO  - International journal of emergency mental health
A1  - Pfefferbaum, Betty
A1  - North, Carol S.
A1  - Pfefferbaum, Rose L.
A1  - Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung
A1  - Houston, J. Brian
A1  - Regens, James L.
SP  - 247
EP  - 255
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1522-4821
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -