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Fear Associated With September 11 Television Coverage in Oklahoma City Bombing Survivors |
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| Authors: | Betty Pfefferbaum Carol S North Rose L Pfefferbaum Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter J Brian Houston |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , College of Medicine , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA;2. Terrorism and Disaster Center , University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , USA;3. Program in Trauma and Disaster, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, and Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas , Texas , USA;4. Liberal Arts Department , Phoenix Community College , Phoenix , Arizona , USA;5. Department of Communication , University of Missouri , Columbia , Missouri , USA |
| Abstract: | This study explored television viewing of the September 11 attacks in 99 survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing and examined the relationships of event-related television viewing with concerns about safety and danger in survivors with and without bombing-related posttraumatic stress disorder. The number of hours of viewing September 11 television coverage was related to worry about personal and family danger and to increased checking on loved ones but not to September 11–related posttraumatic responses. Some bombing survivors discontinued September 11 media contact due to fear. The findings suggest the importance of monitoring television viewing in survivors of prior incidents. |
| Keywords: | fear media coverage Oklahoma City bombing September 11 terrorism |