Trauma exposure and post‐traumatic stress disorder among photojournalists

Newman, Elana; Simpson, Roger; Handschuh, David

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“…This figure was lower than the 16% for firefighters in Japan (Hatanaka et al, 2004), 15% for Japanese business workers (Asukai et al, 2002), and 11.8% for those who had been bereaved, as indicated in a random sample survey conducted in Japan (Fukuoka, Matsui, & Ando, 2003). The figure is, however, similar to the PTSD prevalence for newspaper journalists (4%, Pyevich et al, 2003) and for photojournalists (7%, Newman et al, 2003). The present study also found that posttraumatic stress symptoms were greater among journalists working in the field than among those in nonfield jobs.…”

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“…Similar to emergency workers, journalists covering and reporting on disasters and accidents are also highly likely to face traumatic experiences during such assignments. Several studies outside Japan have investigated traumatic stress among journalists (McMahon, 2001;Newman, Simpson, & Handschuh, 2003;Pyevich, Newman, & Daleiden, 2003). Based on such research, Czech (2004) concluded that journalists are affected by the traumatic events that they cover and as a result may suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).…”

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Traumatic stress in Japanese broadcast journalists

Hatanaka

Matsui

Ando

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Job-related traumatic stress experienced by broadcast journalists in Japan was investigated. A questionnaire inquiring about the most traumatic event they faced when covering the news and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) were administered to 270 journalist participants working for Japanese news companies. Of these, 6% met the IES-R criterion for potential posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Moreover, posttraumatic stress reactions at the time of the survey were strongly related to symptoms of stress experienced during the stressful assignment. The early assessment of stress symptoms in journalists that experience traumatic news coverage is important for preventing the development of PTSD symptoms.

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Traumatic stress in Japanese broadcast journalists

Hatanaka

Matsui

Ando

et al. 2010

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…The importance of being prepared is reflected not only in how the demanding assignment is handled during the crisis but also subsequently in the level of satisfaction with one's work effort (Brayne, 2007; Englund, 2008; Newman, Simpson & Handschuh, 2003; Simpson & Coté, 2006). In the study at hand, one aspect of personal readiness is investigated: the relationship among a journalist's trauma history, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression.…”

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The mediating effect of depression between exposure to potentially traumatic events and PTSD in news journalists

Backholm

Björkqvist

2012

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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BackgroundNews journalists are an occupational group with a unique task at the scene of an unfolding crisis—to collect information and inform the public about the event. By being on location, journalists put themselves at risk for being exposed to the potentially traumatic event.ObjectiveTo compare potentially traumatic exposure during work assignments at a crisis scene and in personal life as predictors of the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in news journalists. Further, to investigate the mediating effect of depression between the predictor and predicted variables.MethodWith a web-based questionnaire, information from a sample of Finnish news journalists (n=407) was collected. The data collected included details on the range of potentially traumatic assignments (PTAs) at the crisis scene during the past 12 months, lifetime potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in personal life, PTSD symptoms, and level of depression.ResultsApproximately 50% of the participants had worked with a PTA during the past 12 months. Depression had a significant indirect effect on the relationship between PTAs at the scene and symptoms of PTSD. A similar result was found regarding the relationship between personal life PTEs and PTSD. Depression had a complete indirect effect in the case of PTAs and a partial indirect effect in regard to PTE exposure in personal life.ConclusionsExposure to PTAs is common within journalistic work. The results reflect the importance of understanding the underlying mechanisms of the measured symptoms (PTSD, depression) in relation to trauma history. The main limitations of the study include the cross-sectional design and the nature of the instruments used for the collection of work-related trauma history.

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“…For example, Newman, Simpson, and Handschuh (2003) found that approximately 6% of the photojournalists surveyed in their research scored within the PTSD criteria range. Additionally, Keats and Buchanan (2009) showed that both journalists and photojournalists reported a myriad of responses that included posttraumatic stress but more commonly such challenges as secondary traumatization, depression, addictions, burnout, and anxiety.…”

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The Moment is Frozen in Time: Photojournalists’ Metaphors in Describing Trauma Photography

Keats

2010

Journal of Constructivist Psychology

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Trauma exposure and post‐traumatic stress disorder among photojournalists

Cited by 82 publications

References 17 publications

Traumatic stress in Japanese broadcast journalists

Traumatic stress in Japanese broadcast journalists

The mediating effect of depression between exposure to potentially traumatic events and PTSD in news journalists

The Moment is Frozen in Time: Photojournalists’ Metaphors in Describing Trauma Photography

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