Overwhelmed by the news: A longitudinal study of prior trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories, and news watching during the COVID-19 pandemic

Zahava Solomon, Karni Ginzburg, Avi Ohry and Mario Mikulincer

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 278, issue C

Abstract: It has been recognized that exposure to mass trauma tends to increase the time spent watching television (TV) news. Yet, research on the effects of this tendency on individuals’ well-being yielded inconclusive findings.

Keywords: COVID-19. news watching; PTSD trajectories; Ex-prisoners of war (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113956

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