Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception
Objectives: The objectives of this study are to assess the relationship between media exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and to highlight the underlying mechanisms mediated by risk perception.Methods: This survey was conducted online in China from February 1st to February 10th, 2020....
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| author | Yiqing Wang Ling Jiang Shuang Ma Qinian Chen Chengbin Liu Farooq Ahmed Muhammad Shahid Xiaohua Wang Jing Guo |
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| description | Objectives: The objectives of this study are to assess the relationship between media exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and to highlight the underlying mechanisms mediated by risk perception.Methods: This survey was conducted online in China from February 1st to February 10th, 2020. A total of 2,858 Chinese citizens aged ≥18 years from 31 provinces and autonomous regions were recruited to participate in a cross-sectional study. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess media exposure, PTSS, and risk perception.Results: The prevalence of respondents with heightened PTSS scores was 22.2%. After controlling for covariates, media exposure (more than five times a day) was significantly and positively associated with a high level of PTSS (B = 4.11, p < 0.001), and risk perception (worry and severity) significantly mediated the relationship between media exposure and PTSS (all 95% CIs did not include 0).Conclusions: Based on these findings, the frequency of media exposure was associated with PTSS. Risk perception (worry and severity) mediated the relationship between media exposure and PTSS. The mental health, particularly PTSS, of the general population should be closely monitored and “infodemics” should be combatted while addressing the COVID-19 outbreak; cognitive interventions may be promising. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d751b975b5a648a08a5dc3d140aa83512022-12-21T22:47:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-04-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.654548654548Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk PerceptionYiqing Wang0Ling Jiang1Shuang Ma2Qinian Chen3Chengbin Liu4Farooq Ahmed5Muhammad Shahid6Xiaohua Wang7Jing Guo8School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Anthropology, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, PakistanWorld Health Organization, Balochistan, PakistanSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaObjectives: The objectives of this study are to assess the relationship between media exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and to highlight the underlying mechanisms mediated by risk perception.Methods: This survey was conducted online in China from February 1st to February 10th, 2020. A total of 2,858 Chinese citizens aged ≥18 years from 31 provinces and autonomous regions were recruited to participate in a cross-sectional study. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess media exposure, PTSS, and risk perception.Results: The prevalence of respondents with heightened PTSS scores was 22.2%. After controlling for covariates, media exposure (more than five times a day) was significantly and positively associated with a high level of PTSS (B = 4.11, p < 0.001), and risk perception (worry and severity) significantly mediated the relationship between media exposure and PTSS (all 95% CIs did not include 0).Conclusions: Based on these findings, the frequency of media exposure was associated with PTSS. Risk perception (worry and severity) mediated the relationship between media exposure and PTSS. The mental health, particularly PTSS, of the general population should be closely monitored and “infodemics” should be combatted while addressing the COVID-19 outbreak; cognitive interventions may be promising.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.654548/fullmedia exposurePTSSrisk perceptionCOVID-19public health |
| spellingShingle | Yiqing Wang Ling Jiang Shuang Ma Qinian Chen Chengbin Liu Farooq Ahmed Muhammad Shahid Xiaohua Wang Jing Guo Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception Frontiers in Psychiatry media exposure PTSS risk perception COVID-19 public health |
| title | Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception |
| title_full | Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception |
| title_fullStr | Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception |
| title_full_unstemmed | Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception |
| title_short | Media Exposure Related to the PTSS During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Risk Perception |
| title_sort | media exposure related to the ptss during covid 19 pandemic the mediating role of risk perception |
| topic | media exposure PTSS risk perception COVID-19 public health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.654548/full |
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