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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2022

Inconclusive Findings in Studies of the Link Between Media Coverage of Mass Trauma and Depression in Children.

Betty Pfefferbaum, Phebe Tucker, Pascal Nitiéma, Richard L Van Horn, Vandana Varma, Yogesh Varma, Autumn Slaughter, Elana Newman

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Betty PfefferbaumDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, WP 3217, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA. Betty-Pfefferbaum@ouhsc.edu.
Phebe TuckerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, WP 3217, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA.
Pascal NitiémaManagement Information Systems Division, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, 307 W. Brooks, Adams Hall 303 Norman, Oklahoma City, OK, 73019, USA.
Richard L Van HornUniversity of Oklahoma, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, WP 3217, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA.
Vandana VarmaBehavioral Health Group, Hope Community Health Center, 7001 Corporate Drive, Suite 120, Houston, TX, 77036, USA.
Yogesh VarmaIntel Corporation, 20475 State Highway TX-249, Houston, TX, 77070, USA.
Autumn SlaughterDepartment of Psychology, University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK, 74104-3189, USA.
Elana NewmanDart Center for Journalism and Trauma Research Center, Department of Psychology, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK, 74104-3189, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis paper reports a review of the empirical research examining the association between mass trauma media contact and depression in children, the factors that may influence the association, and the difficulties encountered in the study of media effects on depression. RECENT

findingsAll of the included studies assessed general population samples. Pre-COVID-19 research focused primarily on television coverage alone or on multiple media forms including television, while COVID-19 media studies examined various media forms including social media. Most studies used cross-sectional design and non-probability sampling. The review revealed inconclusive findings across studies. The study of mass trauma media effects on depression in children is complicated by a number of potential confounding factors and by the relatively high prevalence of depression in the general population. Media contact was a relatively minor consideration among other interests in the extant studies which failed to explore numerous issues that warrant attention in future research.

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COVID-19DepressionChildCommunicationCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMass MediaChildren and COVID-19Children and disastersChildren and terrorismDepressionDisaster media coverageMass trauma media coverage

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PMID35199301
PMCPMC8866038

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