1. Fear Associated With September 11 Television Coverage in Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors.
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Pfefferbaum, Betty, North, CarolS., Pfefferbaum, RoseL., Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung, and Houston, J.Brian
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DISASTERS & psychology ,TERRORISM & psychology ,CHI-squared test ,FEAR ,MASS casualties ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,SELF-evaluation ,T-test (Statistics) ,TELEVISION ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
This study explored television viewing of the September 11 attacks in 99 survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing and examined the relationships of event-related television viewing with concerns about safety and danger in survivors with and without bombing-related posttraumatic stress disorder. The number of hours of viewing September 11 television coverage was related to worry about personal and family danger and to increased checking on loved ones but not to September 11–related posttraumatic responses. Some bombing survivors discontinued September 11 media contact due to fear. The findings suggest the importance of monitoring television viewing in survivors of prior incidents. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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