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 Reactions of Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors to Media Coverage of the September 11, 2001, Attacks
NCJ Number
              250044
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*Comprehensive Psychiatry* Volume: 65 Dated: February 2016 Pages: 70-78
Author(s)
          B.  Pfefferbaum;
                        P.  Nitiema
Date Published

February 2016
Length
              9 pages
Annotation
              This study examined the effects of media coverage of a terrorist incident on individuals remote from the location of a major attack who had directly experienced a prior terrorist incident.
Abstract
              Directly-exposed survivors of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, initially studied 6 months after the incident, and indirectly-affected Oklahoma City community residents were assessed 2 to 7 months after the September 11, 2001, attacks. Survivors were assessed for a diagnosis of bombing-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at index and follow up, and emotional reactions and September 11 media behavior were assessed in all participants.  Among the three investigated forms of media (television, radio, and newspaper), only television viewing was associated with 9/11-related posttraumatic stress reactions. Exposure to the Oklahoma City bombing was associated with greater arousal in relation to the September 11 attacks, and among survivors, having developed bombing-related PTSD was associated with higher scores on all three September 11 posttraumatic stress response clusters (intrusion, avoidance, and arousal). Although time spent watching television coverage of the September 11 attacks and fear-related discontinuation of media contact were not associated with Oklahoma City bombing exposure, discontinuing September 11 media contact due to fear was associated with avoidance/numbing in the full sample and in the analysis restricted to the bombing survivors.  The study concluded that surviving a prior terrorist incident and developing PTSD in relation to that incident may predispose individuals to adverse reactions to media coverage of a future terrorist attack.  (Publisher abstract modified)
      
  
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