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01.08.2020 | Child and Family Disaster Psychiatry (B Pfefferbaum, Section Editor)

Children’s Reactions to Media Coverage of War

verfasst von: Betty Pfefferbaum, Phebe Tucker, Vandana Varma, Yogesh Varma, Pascal Nitiéma, Elana Newman

Erschienen in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Ausgabe 8/2020

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

This paper reviews research on the effects of contact with war media coverage on psychological outcomes in children.

Recent Findings

Children’s contact with media coverage of war is pervasive and is associated with numerous outcomes and with their parents’ reactions. Younger children are more affected by news stories with visual cues, while older children are more distressed by stories about actual threat.

Summary

There is a strong theoretical basis for developmental influences on children’s war media reactions, but the potential influence of other child factors (e.g., gender, socioeconomic disadvantage, prior trauma, culture, religious and political ideology) and aspects of coverage and the context of contact warrant additional attention. More research also is needed to explore differential effects of media coverage on children with different war exposures, the strategies children use to cope with coverage, and the mediating effects of parental involvement and intervention.

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Titel: Children’s Reactions to Media Coverage of War
verfasst von: Betty Pfefferbaum
Phebe Tucker
Vandana Varma
Yogesh Varma
Pascal Nitiéma
Elana Newman
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2020
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Current Psychiatry Reports / Ausgabe 8/2020
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Elektronische ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-01165-0

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