ArticleJRSM open2016
The psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists: a descriptive study.
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- News Journalists and Postruamatic Stress Disorder: a Review of Literature, 2011-2020.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Review
- Symptoms of PTSD in Frontline Journalists: A Retrospective Examination of 18 Years of War and Conflict.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveIran ranks 173 out of 180 countries on an index of press freedom. The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists and document the stressors encountered in their work.
designA secure website was established and participants were given their unique identifying number and password to access the site.
settingNewsrooms in Iran and the diaspora.
participantsResponses were received from 114 journalists (76%) of whom 65.8% were living in the diaspora. The mean age was 37.8 years (SD = 7.30) and 57% male. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES: Type of stressor and behavioural data: Impact of Event Scale-revised for posttraumatic stress disorder, Beck Depression Inventory-II for depression.
resultsStressors include arrest (41.2%), torture (19.3%), assault (10.5%), intimidation (51.4%) and family threatened (43.1%). Eighty nine (78.1%) journalists had stopped working on a story because of intimidation. Arrest, torture, intimidation and family threatened were associated with more intrusive and arousal PTSD symptoms (p < .01 to .001) and assault and intimidation with more depressive symptoms (p < .05). Almost a third of Iranian journalists regularly used barbiturates, with use correlating with symptoms of intrusion (p < .0001), avoidance (p < .01), arousal (p < .0001) and depression (p < .0001). 46.5% of Iranian journalists were not receiving therapy for their distress.
conclusionsThe findings, the first of their kind, provide data highlighting the extraordinary degree of danger confronted by Iranian journalists, their emotional distress in response to this and their proclivity to self-medicate with barbiturates.
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