ArticleJournal of health psychology2024
Does the media (also) keep the score? Media-based exposure to the Russian-Ukrainian war and mental health in Portugal.
Article in Journal of health psychology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Patterns of Digital Media Engagement During Wartime and Their Associations With Stress, Resilience, and Well-Being: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Media News Engagement and Parent-Child Well-being during Regional Conflict: A Daily Diary Study.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Mental health of palestinian undergraduates during the War on Gaza: a cross-sectional study on PTSD, CPTSD, and psychological distress.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Unseen repercussions of war: psychological effects on Jordanians during the Israeli Palestinian war.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Exposure to warfare and demoralization: acute stress symptoms and disengaged coping as a mediators.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Watching the Russian-Ukrainian War: Comparison Between Europe and North America.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Acute Stress Disorder in Israeli Civilians in Reaction to the 7 October War.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Article
- Time spent following the Russian-Ukranian war (RUW) and psychological distress: The role of sleep problems.Health psychology openArticle
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Abstract
The Russian-Ukrainian war (RUW) is responsible for extensive individual suffering and a socio-economic impact on the world and is reshaping global affairs. Many studies have focused on direct exposure to conflict and several public health policies have been devised. Nonetheless, indirect exposure through media has received minimal attention and there is limited evidence that mental health symptoms and disorders may arise as a result. We explored the role of voluntary or involuntary media-based exposure to the RUW on individuals' mental health including stress symptoms, coping strategies, daily functioning, and worries across demographic variables. In our sample, subjects with involuntary and higher amount of exposure seem to have higher stress symptoms. Also, those who had previous ruminations on war issues could be at risk of developing more post-traumatic stress symptoms. Therefore, media appears to be a conduit that spreads negative consequences of community trauma beyond directly affected communities.
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