Caregiver-reports of Internet Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Among Boston-Area Youth Following the 2013 Marathon Bombing.
Caregiver-reports of Internet Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Among Boston-Area Youth Following the 2013 Marathon Bombing.
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10.1080/23794925.2016.1203737
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2016
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Green JG
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Comer JS;DeSerisy M;Green JG
虽然从业人员和研究人员考虑了儿童接触电视恐怖主义的可能性，但对接触互联网的可能性尚未进行充分研究。我们研究了波士顿地区青少年（N=460; 4-19岁）在波士顿马拉松爆炸事件后儿童互联网暴露的范围和相关性，以及年龄的潜在调节作用。进一步的探索性分析研究模式的照顾者试图调节儿童的互联网曝光。照顾者报告了儿童在互联网上和直接接触与创伤性爆炸有关的事件以及青年创伤后压力的情况。上网青年平均每天上网两小时以上，约三分之一每天上网三小时以上。12岁以上儿童上网的比例特别高。更多的基于互联网的接触与PTS有关，12-15奥尔兹特别容易受到影响。进一步的探索性分析发现，虽然大多数照顾者报告说，认为媒体曝光可能会导致儿童进一步的创伤，相当一部分照顾者没有试图限制或规范他们的孩子的互联网为基础的曝光。这些研究结果有助于从业人员澄清可能使青年在恐怖主义之后处于危险之中的间接接触形式。今后的工作需要审查的重要作用，照顾者发挥媒体监管机构和促进儿童应对和媒体素养后恐怖主义。
Although practitioners and researchers have considered children’s television-based terrorism exposure, Internet-based exposure has not been sufficiently examined. We examined the scope and correlates of children’s Internet-based exposure following the Boston Marathon bombing among Boston-area youth (N=460; 4–19 years), and the potential moderating role of age. Further exploratory analyses examined patterns of caregiver attempts to regulate child Internet exposure. Caregivers reported on child Internet-based and direct exposure to traumatic bombing-related events, and youth posttraumatic stress (PTS). Online youth consumed on average over two daily hours of Internet coverage, and roughly one-third consumed over three daily hours of coverage. Internet exposure was particularly high among children over 12. Greater Internet-based exposure was associated with PTS, and 12–15 year olds were particularly vulnerable. Further exploratory analyses found that although most caregivers reported believing media exposure can cause children further trauma, a considerable proportion of caregivers made no attempt to restrict or regulate their child’s Internet-based exposure. These findings help practitioners clarify forms of indirect exposure that can place youth at risk following terrorism. Future work is needed to examine the important roles caregivers play as media regulators and as promoters of child coping and media literacy following terrorism.