The psychological impact of negative TV news bulletins: The catastrophizing of personal worries
The psychological impact of negative TV news bulletins: The catastrophizing of personal worries
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DOI：
10.1111/j.2044-8295.1997.tb02622.x
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发表时间：
1997-02-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Davey, GCL
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作者：
Johnston, WM;Davey, GCL
本研究探讨电视新闻节目的情绪内容对情绪凝视和个人忧虑灾难化的影响。三个小组分别观看了14分钟的电视新闻简报，这些新闻简报被编辑为显示正面、中性或负面的材料。观看负面评价公告的参与者表现出焦虑和悲伤情绪的增加，并且还表现出将个人担忧灾难化的倾向显着增加。这些结果与那些担心的理论是一致的，这些理论认为消极情绪是促进担忧思想的一个因果因素。他们还认为，负面评价的电视新闻节目可能会加剧一系列与节目内容无关的个人问题。
This study investigated the effect of the emotional content of television news programmes on mood stare and the catastrophizing of personal worries. Three groups were shown 14-min TV news bulletins that were edited to display either positive-, neutral- or negative-valenced material. Participants who watched the negatively valenced bulletin showed increases in both anxious and sad mood, and also showed a significant increase in the tendency to catastrophize a personal worry. The results are consistent with those theories of worry that implicate negative mood as a causal factor in facilitating worrisome thought. They also suggest that negatively valenced TV news programmes can exacerbate a range of personal concerns that are not specifically relevant to the content of the programme.