The effects of exposure to crisis on well-being of journalists: A study of crisis-related factors predicting psychological health in a sample of Finnish journalists

Media, War and Conflict

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-151

  Backholm, Klas ^a,b   Björkqvist, Kaj ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma   (Finland)

Author keywords

burnout; compassion fatigue; depression; journalism; PTSD; traumatic experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955109668     PISSN: 17506352     EISSN: 17506360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1750635210368309     Document Type: Review

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