Parent Sensitive Topic Understanding, Communication Comfort, and Parent-Adolescent Conversation Following Exposure to 13 Reasons Why: A Comparison of Parents from Four Countries

Cingel, Drew P.; Lauricella, Alexis R.; Mann, Supreet; Carter, Michael C.; Wartella, Ellen

doi:10.1007/s10826-021-01984-6

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“…Thirteen publications registered effects in relation to suicide, all of them by using self-reported methods on 13RW viewers. Most studies comprised adolescent samples [ 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 ], whilst others included young adults [ 50 , 51 , 59 , 60 , 61 ] and even parents or guardians [ 50 , 51 , 53 , 54 , 62 ]. Only two studies were based on clinical populations [ 54 , 55 ] as the rest of them were performed with vulnerable subjects recruited through social networks [ 52 , 58 ], survey firms [ 50 , 51 , 59 , 62 ] or other procedures [ 53 , 56 , 57 , 60 , 61 ].…”

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Towards the Influence of Media on Suicidality: A Systematic Review of Netflix’s ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’

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González-Rodríguez

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Online streaming series ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ (13RW), released in March 2017, was criticized for its sensationalist portrayal of the main character’s suicide, leading some people to voice fears of a global contagion of self-harm behaviors. The current investigation provides a systematic review of original studies analyzing the role of 13RW as an influencing factor for suicide. Articles were identified through a systematic search of Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, and a manual search of reference lists from inception until the 16 January 2023. Twenty-seven published articles were identified from an initial search of 496 studies. The positive effects of watching 13RW included a reduction in suicide stigma and a greater likelihood to discuss mental health concerns and seek for help. However, several studies reported negative outcomes, including significant increases in the rate of deaths by suicide in adolescents, the number of admissions for suicidal reasons, and the prevalence and severity of suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviors in vulnerable viewers. Still, due to methodological limitations, no causal relationship could be established. Preventive measures are required to alert of the risk and should be particularly addressed to susceptible subjects. Psychoeducational programs should be focused on this kind of phenomena in vulnerable populations.

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Towards the Influence of Media on Suicidality: A Systematic Review of Netflix’s ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’

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Gómez

González-Rodríguez

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“…Thus, the most vulnerable may never have seen the scene. There is also evidence that the series had beneficial effects for some adolescents, with reports of reduced suicidality (Arendt, Scherr, Pasek, et al, 2019; Zimerman et al, 2018), greater knowledge about suicide (Chesin et al, 2020), and greater conversation between parents and adolescents about suicide (Cingel et al, 2021).…”

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Seasonal suicide trends in adolescents in the US: Did they explain the apparent effect of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why?

Romer

2022

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Introduction Controversy surrounds the effects of the first season of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why on adolescent suicide in the United States. This research reexamined the question using more sensitive weekly suicide counts and more sensitive tests for seasonal changes in suicide. Methods Weekly suicide counts for adolescents ages 10–19 and young people ages 20–29 obtained from CDC were analyzed from 2013 to 2018 NVSS Mortality Data using time series methods. Results Adolescents ages 10–19 exhibited seasonal changes in suicides that increased from March to April and that also paralleled the school year. The same seasonal pattern was evident in males ages 20–24. There was no evidence of an effect of 13 Reasons in male adolescent suicides in 2017 once seasonality, auto‐correlation, and longer term trends were removed. Conclusion Seasonal changes and secular increases can explain why previous studies observed suicide increases in March and April of 2017 in male adolescents. The association between school year and suicide suggests that stressors associated with schooling increase the risk of suicide in some youth. How to reduce these risks is an important focus for future research as is the need to understand the conditions under which fictional depictions of suicide lead to contagion.

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“…Nevertheless, critics also suggest that the show's unflinching portrayals might lead to thoughtful reflections and conversations among peers and parents about the prevalence of bullying, depression, and gendered violence in our culture (e.g., Ryan, 2017a,b;Lauricella et al, 2018). This line of reasoning has also received empirical support (for non-at-risk youths) (Lauricella et al, 2018;Arendt et al, 2019;Carter et al, 2020;Chesin et al, 2020;Cingel et al, 2021). For example, in a study by Lauricella et al (2018), the authors found that the show resonated with teens and young adults, and they felt it was beneficial for them and people their age to watch.…”

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All the reasons why: Exploring the relationship between morally controversial content in 13 Reasons Why and viewers' moral rumination

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Controversial media content has mainly been dealt with in relation to concerns about how the media we consume might be detrimental to its viewers as individuals and society at large. Nevertheless, researchers have started to take a different approach to these types of content, namely that these might lead to processes of reflective appropriation, meaning-making, and moral rumination. Via qualitative in-depth interviews with young adults (N = 45, age 18–24), we sought to gain deeper insights into the experiences of and reflective thoughts (i.e., moral rumination) about controversial media content. To map when and what forms of moral rumination are incited in viewers, we chose a popular example of a morally conflicted and highly controversial type of media content, namely the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. The results reveal that moral rumination can exist in at least two forms, morally conclusive (i.e., rumination that ends in a moral judgment) and morally inconclusive (i.e., rumination that does not formulate a moral judgment but remains morally in doubt) rumination. The grounds for the ruminations are mostly text-based or based on the interaction of text and viewer characteristics, and are mostly focused on the show's central themes, such as suicide, guilt and responsibility, sexually transgressive behaviors, and themes tied to identity formation. Overall, the tendency of morally complex entertainment to promote moral rumination suggests that such material should be examined as a type of eudaimonic entertainment, which argues that viewers reflect on how the meaning of the content relates to their own lives.

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Parent Sensitive Topic Understanding, Communication Comfort, and Parent-Adolescent Conversation Following Exposure to 13 Reasons Why: A Comparison of Parents from Four Countries

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Towards the Influence of Media on Suicidality: A Systematic Review of Netflix’s ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’

Towards the Influence of Media on Suicidality: A Systematic Review of Netflix’s ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’

Seasonal suicide trends in adolescents in the US: Did they explain the apparent effect of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why?

All the reasons why: Exploring the relationship between morally controversial content in 13 Reasons Why and viewers' moral rumination

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