Television Images and Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After September 11. The Role of Background Characteristics, Event Exposures, and Perievent Panic
dc.contributor.author | Ahern, Jennifer | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Galea, Sandro | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Resnick, Heidi S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Vlahov, David | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-07-27T18:52:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-07-27T18:52:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/40287 | |
dc.description.abstract | Television viewing has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after disasters and traumas; we examined characteristics that may explain this association among New Yorkers after September 11, 2001. Among 2001 respondents to a random-digit dial telephone survey conducted 4 months after September 11, people who viewed more television images in the 7 days after September 11 had more probable PTSD. People in the highest third of viewing had a 2.32 times greater odds of probable PTSD after September 11 compared with people in the lowest third of viewing; after adjustment for explanatory variables, the relative odds of probable PTSD were 1.66. Adjustment for perievent panic accounted for 44% of the reduction in association between television and probable PTSD, suggesting that perievent emotional reactions may play an important role in the television and psychopathology association. Television may merit consideration as a potential exposure to a traumatic event. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.title | Television Images and Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After September 11. The Role of Background Characteristics, Event Exposures, and Perievent Panic | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Epidemiology, Department of | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/40287/2/Ahern_Television Images and Probable Posttraumatic Stress_2004.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Epidemiology, Department of (SPH) |
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