Media Coverage, Forecasted Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Psychological Responses Before and After an Approaching Hurricane

Key Points Question Do forecasted posttraumatic stress symptoms play a role in the association between media exposure to an approaching hurricane and psychological outcomes after the storm? Findings In this longitudinal online survey of a representative sample of 1478 Florida residents, disaster-related media exposure partially accounted for the association between forecasted posttraumatic stress and psychological outcomes in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Meaning Forecasted posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced before a community trauma presage media consumption and subsequent mental health outcomes, with important implications for the media and the public’s mental health.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  JAMA Network Open

• Publication date

  2019-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6228PMID 30646189PMCID 6324531
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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