Abstract
Two clinical interventions to moderate negative responses to media exposure to terrorism were tested. Participants were 300 young Israeli adults randomly allocated to a terrorism or nonterrorism televised news clip and assigned to 1 of 3 preexposure intervention conditions-cognitive, emotional, or control. Emotional responses of anxiety and anger and attitudinal responses of stereotypes and enemy perception were measured prior and subsequent to manipulation. Results indicated higher posttest levels of anxiety, anger, stereotypes, and negative enemy perception in the terrorism versus nonterrorism media exposure. In the terrorism group, clinical interventions moderated anxiety and increased willingness for conflict resolution. Findings indicate contributions of preparatory interventions for the public in certain contexts of terrorism and its media coverage.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 53-75 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | International Journal of Stress Management |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2008 |
Keywords
- enemy perception
- intervention
- media
- stereotypes
- terrorism