Betty Pfefferbaum1, Phebe Tucker2, Elana Newman3, Summer D Nelson4,5, Pascal Nitiéma6, Rose L Pfefferbaum7,8. 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, P.O. Box 26901, WP3217, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA. Betty-Pfefferbaum@ouhsc.edu. 2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, P.O. Box 26901, WP3547, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA. 3. Department of Psychology, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK, 74103, USA. 4. Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice, Tulsa, OK, USA. 5. Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Medical Center, 2501 W. 22nd Street (116A), Sioux Falls, SD, 57117, USA. 6. Department of Management Information Systems, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, 307 W. Brooks, Adams Hall 303, Norman, OK, 73019, USA. 7. Department of Liberal Arts, Phoenix Community College (Faculty Emeritus), Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA. 8. , 2329 NW 154th Street, Edmond, OK, 73013, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper reviews the extant research on the effects of contact with terrorism media coverage on psychological outcomes in youth in the context of chronic threat and conflict in Israel. RECENT FINDINGS: The extant research is inconclusive with respect to the relationship between media contact and a variety of psychological outcomes in Israeli studies of youth exposed to ongoing threat and repeated terrorist attacks. Additional research is needed to examine potential differences in outcomes and the factors that influence youth coping and adaptation in an environment of chronic threat and extensive media coverage. Moreover, studies are needed to identify and evaluate potential parental, professional, and social strategies to enhance youth adjustment. Because political conflict in Israel is not likely to abate in the near future, the setting is ideal to conduct methodologically rigorous research including research using representative samples, prospective reporting, and longitudinal design.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This paper reviews the extant research on the effects of contact with terrorism media coverage on psychological outcomes in youth in the context of chronic threat and conflict in Israel. RECENT FINDINGS: The extant research is inconclusive with respect to the relationship between media contact and a variety of psychological outcomes in Israeli studies of youth exposed to ongoing threat and repeated terrorist attacks. Additional research is needed to examine potential differences in outcomes and the factors that influence youth coping and adaptation in an environment of chronic threat and extensive media coverage. Moreover, studies are needed to identify and evaluate potential parental, professional, and social strategies to enhance youth adjustment. Because political conflict in Israel is not likely to abate in the near future, the setting is ideal to conduct methodologically rigorous research including research using representative samples, prospective reporting, and longitudinal design.
Authors: Yanping Wang; Yoko Nomura; Ruth Pat-Horenczyk; Osnat Doppelt; Robert Abramovitz; Daniel Brom; Claude Chemtob Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci Date: 2006-12 Impact factor: 5.691