Media Contact and Posttraumatic Stress in Employees of New York City Area Businesses after the September 11 Attacks

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Betty Pfefferbaum ◽  
Jayme Palka ◽  
Carol S. North
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
York City ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mass Trauma ◽  
September 11 Attacks ◽  
Disaster Trauma

ABSTRACT Objective: The objective of this study was to examine associations between media contact and posttraumatic stress in a sample with a large number of individuals who were directly exposed to the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks and to compare outcomes in exposed and unexposed participants. Methods: Structured interviews and questionnaires were administered to a volunteer sample of 254 employees of New York City businesses 35 months after the attacks to document disaster trauma exposures, posttraumatic stress outcomes, and media contact and reactions. Results: Media variables were not associated with psychopathological outcomes in exposed participants, but media contact in the first week after the attacks and feeling moderately/extremely bothered by graphic 9/11 media images were associated with re-experiencing symptoms in both the exposed and unexposed participants. Feeling moderately/extremely bothered by graphic media images was associated with hyperarousal symptoms in exposed participants. Conclusions: The findings suggest that media contact did not lead to psychopathology in exposed individuals, although it was associated with normative distress in both exposure groups. Because of the potential for adverse effects associated with media contact, clinicians and public health professionals are encouraged to discuss concerns about mass trauma media contact with their patients and the public at large.

scholarly journals Associations between News Media Coverage of the 11 September Attacks and Depression in Employees of New York City Area Businesses

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Betty Pfefferbaum ◽  
Jayme M. Palka ◽  
Carol S. North
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
News Media ◽  
York City ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mass Trauma ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
General Populations ◽  
Disaster Trauma

Research has examined the association between contact with media coverage of mass trauma events and various psychological outcomes, including depression. Disaster-related depression research is complicated by the relatively high prevalence of the major depressive disorder in general populations even without trauma exposure. The extant research is inconclusive regarding associations between disaster media contact and depression outcomes, in part, because most studies have not distinguished diagnostic and symptomatic outcomes, differentiated postdisaster incidence from prevalence, or considered disaster trauma exposures. This study examined these associations in a volunteer sample of 254 employees of New York City businesses after the 11 September 2001, terrorist attacks. Structured interviews and questionnaires were administered 35 months after the attacks. Poisson and logistic regression analyses revealed that post-9/11 news contact significantly predicted the number of postdisaster persistent/recurrent and incident depressive symptoms in the full sample and in the indirect and unexposed groups. The findings suggest that clinical and public health approaches should be particularly alert to potential adverse postdisaster depression outcomes related to media consumption in disaster trauma-unexposed or indirectly-exposed groups.

scholarly journals Posttraumatic Stress in Women after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in New York City

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 809-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Pulcino ◽  
Sandro Galea ◽  
Jennifer Ahern ◽  
Heidi Resnick ◽  
Mary Foley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
York City ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
September 11 Terrorist Attacks

scholarly journals Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in New York City Children After the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerry Fairbrother ◽  
Jennifer Stuber ◽  
Sandro Galea ◽  
Alan R. Fleischman ◽  
Betty Pfefferbaum
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
York City ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Stress Reactions

scholarly journals An Investigation of the Psychological Effects of the September 11, 2001, Attacks on New York City: Developing and Implementing Research in the Acute Postdisaster Period

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 585-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Galea ◽  
David Vlahov ◽  
Heidi Resnick ◽  
Dean Kilpatrick ◽  
Michael J. Bucuvalas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
New York State ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
York Academy ◽  
Time Interval

ABSTRACTThe September 11, 2001, attack on New York City was the largest human-made disaster in United States history. In the first few days after the attack, it became clear that the scope of the attacks (including loss of life, property damage, and financial strain) was unprecedented and that the attacks could result in substantial psychological sequelae in the city population. Researchers at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies at the New York Academy of Medicine designed and implemented an assessment of the mental health of New Yorkers 5—8 weeks after the attacks. To implement this research in the immediate postdisaster period, researchers at the center had to develop, in a compressed time interval, new academic collaborations, links with potential funders, and unique safeguards for study respondents who may have been suffering from acute psychological distress. Results of the assessment contributed to a New York state mental health needs assessment that secured Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for mental health programs in New York City. This experience suggests that mechanisms should be in place for rapid implementation of mental health assessments after disasters.

Teaching Physical Education in an Urban Intensive Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592092301
Author(s):  
K. Andrew R. Richards ◽  
Michael A. Hemphill ◽  
Victoria N. Shiver ◽  
Karen Lux Gaudreault ◽  
Victor Ramsey
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Physical Educators ◽  
Occupational Socialization ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Teaching Context

The purpose of this study was to understand the unique stressors faced by physical educators working in New York City schools. Participants included 34 New York City physical educators who participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences teaching in an urban context. Qualitative data analysis resulted in the construction of four themes: (a) working with limited and inconsistent infrastructure, (b) navigating student diversity, (c) coping with marginalization and advocating for quality practices, and (d) managing the sociopolitics of teaching. These themes highlight the intersection between discipline and teaching context and are discussed through the lens of occupational socialization theory.

scholarly journals Television Watching and Mental Health in the General Population of New York City After September 11

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ahern ◽  
Sandro Galea ◽  
Heidi Resnick ◽  
David Vlahov
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
General Population ◽  
York City ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Television Watching
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