TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Media experiences during the Ukraine war and their relationships with distress, anxiety, and resilience
JO  - Journal of psychiatric research
A1  - Malecki, W. P.
A1  - Bilandzic, Helena
A1  - Kowal, Marta
A1  - Sorokowski, Piotr
SP  - 273
EP  - 281
VL  - 165
IS  - 
N2  - This study investigates the relationships between perceiving media as a positive or negative influence (both news media and fictional media) during the war in Ukraine in 2022 and anxiety, distress, and resilience. Corroborating existing research, our study (N = 393, 47.3% male) showed that there was a clear relationship between the perceived negative impact of both news and fictional media during the war and increased symptoms of anxiety (b = .09, SE = 0.04, p = .024; b = 0.16, SE = 0.04, p < .001, respectively) and distress (b = 0.08, SE = 0.04, p = .047; b = 0.17, SE = 0.04, p < .001, respectively) as well as lowered psychological resilience (b = -0.10, SE = 0.05, p = .047; b = -0.15, SE = 0.06, p = .009, respectively). The study is the first to demonstrate this association for fictional media. Contrary to expectations, however, the perception of a positive impact of both news and fiction was not associated with decreased symptoms of anxiety and distress or higher resilience.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3956
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.07.037
ID  - ref1
ER  -