Media Coverage, Forecasted Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Psychological Responses Before and After an Approaching Hurricane

Thompson, Rebecca R.; Holman, E. Alison; Silver, Roxane Cohen

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6228

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“…Together with the loss of loved ones, natural disasters imply multiple losses, the closure of schools and facilities, the stopping of productive activities, and the reduction in services and supplies, which is mirrored in the COVID-19 epidemic. Moreover, people are placed in a traumatic environment, the exposure to which is multiplied by means of news media and social networks (33). On the other hand, deaths from COVID-19 often happen in the hospital and typically in the ICU, which is known to represent a highly traumatic experience for decedents' closest relatives.…”

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Complicated Grief: What to Expect After the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Carmassi

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et al. 2020

Front. Psychiatry

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The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the worst public health crises in a century, with an expected amount of deaths of several million worldwide and an even bigger number of bereaved people left behind. Although the consequences of this crisis are still unknown, a significant number of bereaved people will arguably develop Complicated Grief (CG) in the aftermath of this emergency. If the current pandemic is unprecedented, the grief following the coronavirus outbreak is likely to share features with grief related to natural disasters and after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) treatment. The aim of this paper is to review the most prominent literature on CG after natural disasters, as well as after diseases requiring ICU treatment. This body of evidence may be useful for helping bereaved people during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and for drawing clinical attention to people at risk for CG.

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Complicated Grief: What to Expect After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Gesi

Carmassi

Cerveri³

et al. 2020

Front. Psychiatry

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“…When faced with ambiguous, ongoing disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic, people often turn to the media for information to guide them ( 8 ), making media a critical source of exposure to the crisis. Yet, previous research demonstrates that exposure to media coverage of collective traumas, such as mass violence ( 9 , 10 ), infectious disease outbreaks ( 11 ), or natural disasters ( 12 ), may be a double-edged sword that can inform the public while simultaneously amplifying stress symptoms, worry, and perceived risk, with substantive implications for public health ( 13 – 15 ). Conflicting messages in the media may further exacerbate stress ( 16 ), especially in the context of coping with life-threatening circumstances that could worsen as the pandemic unfolds over time.…”

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The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the United States

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a collective stressor unfolding over time, yet rigorous published empirical studies addressing mental health consequences of COVID-19 among large probability-based national samples are rare. Between 3/18-4/18/20, during an escalating period of illness and death in the United States, we assessed acute stress, depressive symptoms and direct, community, and media-based exposures to COVID-19 in three consecutive representative samples across three 10-day periods (total N=6,514) from the U.S. probability-based nationally representative NORC AmeriSpeak panel. Acute stress and depressive symptoms increased significantly over time as COVID-19 deaths increased across the U.S. Pre-existing mental and physical health diagnoses, daily hours of COVID-19-related media exposure, exposure to conflicting COVID-19 information in media, and secondary stressors were all associated with acute stress and depressive symptoms. Results have implications for targeting of public health interventions and risk communication efforts to promote community resilience as the pandemic waxes and wanes over time.

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“…Finally, our analyses were limited to the variables included in the survey, and other predictors may make important contributions. For example, media-related exposure has been demonstrated to predict traumarelated worry (Holman & Silver, 2005;Thompson, Garfin, Holman, & Silver, 2017;Thompson, Holman, & Silver, 2019) and media studies often assess media consumption frequency. This was not a primary focus of the survey, and as a result the survey only assessed media preference (Petrun-Sayers et al, 2019), which is a poor proxy for such effects.…”

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Persistent Risk‐Related Worry as a Function of Recalled Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Prior Trauma

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Large oil spills are disasters associated with psychological effects for exposed communities. The amount of worry that individuals experience after a disaster may be influenced by many factors, such as the type and extent of exposure to disaster impacts, prior trauma, and sociodemographic characteristics. This study examined the nature and predictors of worry about ongoing impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DH) oil spill reported by Gulf of Mexico coastal residents. A random sample of 2,520 adult residents of Gulf of Mexico coastal counties were administered a telephone survey in 2016, including items about persistent worry and exposure to DH impacts, prior trauma, residence at the time of the spill, and sociodemographic characteristics. Respondents varied in the amount of worry they reported about ongoing health, social, and economic impacts. Controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, higher exposure to the DH oil spill was related to higher levels of worry about ongoing impacts, with past traumatic events related specifically to worry about health impacts. Unexpectedly, those who moved into the region after the spill showed similar levels of worry to residents exposed to the spill, and higher levels than residents who did not recall being exposed to the DH oil spill. This study highlights the impact of the DH oil spill on coastal residents many years after the DH disaster. The findings underscore the need to examine multiple pathways by which individuals experience disasters and for risk researchers to close knowledge gaps about long‐term impacts of oil spills within a multi‐dimensional framework.

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Media Coverage, Forecasted Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Psychological Responses Before and After an Approaching Hurricane

Cited by 28 publications

References 37 publications

Complicated Grief: What to Expect After the Coronavirus Pandemic

Complicated Grief: What to Expect After the Coronavirus Pandemic

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the United States

Persistent Risk‐Related Worry as a Function of Recalled Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Prior Trauma

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