Is TV Traumatic for All Youths? The Role of Preexisting Posttraumatic-Stress Symptoms in the Link Between Disaster Coverage and Stress

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1293-1297

  Weems, Carl F ^a   Scott, Brandon G ^a   Banks, Donice M ^a   Graham, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

mass media; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEVISION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869219535     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612446952     Document Type: Article

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