The exposure to traumatic events and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among Korean journalists
- Authors
- Lee, Mina; Ha, Eun Hye; Pae, Jung Kun
- Issue Date
- Sep-2018
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Keywords
- IES-R; Journalist Trauma Exposure Scale; Korean journalists; occupational perspectives of journalists; posttraumatic stress disorder; Sewol ferry accident
- Citation
- JOURNALISM, v.19, no.9-10, pp.1308 - 1325
- Journal Title
- JOURNALISM
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 9-10
- Start Page
- 1308
- End Page
- 1325
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/17485
- DOI
- 10.1177/1464884917707596
- ISSN
- 1464-8849
- Abstract
- This study investigated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on Korean journalists and the contributing variables. Predicting variables included the exposure to traumatic events, coping strategy, social support, optimism, negative beliefs, and the journalists' occupational perspectives. A total of 367 Korean journalists participated in the survey. The findings revealed that, first, Korean journalists had suffered severely from PTSD symptoms according to the prevalence rate. Second, the extent of traumatic event exposure, the length of career, the use of dysfunctional coping strategy, a lack of social support, and negative beliefs were identified as significantly related variables. Finally, occupational perspectives showed meaningful associations with development of the symptoms. This study provided an empirical analysis of Korean journalists' experiences of traumatic events and psychological stress for the first time.
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