Abstract:As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity1,2, mounting evidence reveals that their human toll extends beyond death, injury, and loss. Posttraumatic stress (PTS) can be common among exposed individuals, and children are particularly vulnerable3,4. Curiously, PTS can even be found among youth far removed from harm’s way, and media-based exposure may partially account for this phenomenon5–8. Unfortunately, susceptibility to media effects has been difficult to characterize because most research is in… Show more
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