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PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY
卷 8, 期 6, 页码 661-667出版社
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000131
关键词
terrorism; prolonged grief; multilevel analysis; media exposure; complicated grief
资金
- Danish Egmont Foundation
- Center for Crisis Psychology, Bergen, Norway
Background: After terror attacks, the media coverage can be a potential secondary stressor for bereaved families. In the present study, we aimed to examine the level of prolonged grief (PG), and to explore the association between media exposure and PG in parents and siblings of individuals who were killed in a terror attack. Method: Parents and siblings (n = 103) from 42 different families bereaved by the 2011 Utoya Island mass shooting participated in a survey 18 months after the attack. The survey measured the amount of media exposure experienced by the bereaved during the first month after the attack. PG was self-reported using the Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG). Data was analyzed with multilevel methods with mixed effects models. Results: Of the total sample of participants, 78.6% (n = 81/103) had sum scores higher than the designated cutoff >25 on ICG, indicating a probable prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Multilevel analysis showed significantly higher level of PG among those who reported high exposure to the media coverage (>4 hours daily) the first month after the attack, among females, and among those who were in contact with their son/daughter/brother/sister by telephone during the attack. Limitations: With the cross-sectional design, caution should be taken about making interpretations about causal effects. Conclusion: Media exposure may trigger or maintain prolonged grief reactions.
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