Fear Associated With September 11 Television Coverage in Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors

Betty Pfefferbaum; Carol S North; Rose L. Pfefferbaum; Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter; J. Brian Houston

doi:10.1080/15325024.2013.791791

Fear Associated With September 11 Television Coverage in Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors

Betty Pfefferbaum, Carol S North, Rose L. Pfefferbaum, Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter, J. Brian Houston

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	375-388
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Loss and Trauma
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2013.791791
State	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

Oklahoma City bombing
September 11
fear
media coverage
terrorism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Phychiatric Mental Health
Social Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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