Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress

Science Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Thompson, Rebecca R ^a   Jones, Nickolas M ^a,b   Holman, E Alison ^c   Silver, Roxane Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS VIOLENCE EVENTS; MEDIA CONSUMPTION; MEDIA USE; NEGATIVE EVENTS; ORLANDO; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85064745410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3502     Document Type: Article

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