Title: Risk: Motivation and consequences' Insights gained from war journalists
1Risk Motivation and consequences.Insights
gained from war journalists
2Aims
- To appreciate the multidimensional aspects of why
individuals chose risky lives - To understand the consequences of these choices,
both positive and negative
3WAR and JOURNALISTSdefining the psychological
effects
- Two groups of subjects
- War journalists (140/17082.8)
- Non-war journalists ( domestic news journalists)
(107/13479.9)
4JOURNALISTS and WAR Data collection
- Data collection included
- demographic age, gender, marital, years as a
journalist, type of journalism - conflicts covered
- alcohol and drug use
- psychological data
- psychiatric treatment
- personality profiles
5JOURNALISTS and WARData collection
- Self report psychological data
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Impact of Event Scale revised
- re-experiencing the traumatic event
- avoidance behavior
- autonomic arousal
- Depression
- Beck Depression Inventory (21 symptoms)
- sadness
- enjoyment of life
- sleep
- appetite
- self worth etc.
6WAR JOURNALISTSData collection
- Self report psychological data
- Psychological distress
- General Health Questionnaire
- somatic complaints
- anxiety
- social dysfunction
- depression
- Exposure to trauma (quantifying dangerous events)
7Significance of symptoms ?
- Affects occupational functioning
- Affects social functioning
8Percentage of War Correspondents Covering Various
Locations
9WAR JOURNALISTS A PSYCHOLOGICAL
STUDYDemographic data
10PTSD profiles war vs. domestic journalists
11Depression war vs. domestic journalists
12WAR JOURNALISTS A PSYCHOLOGICAL
STUDYPsychological distress
13Alcohol usewar vs. domestic journalists
14WAR JOURNALISTS A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDYAlcohol
Substance Abuse
15Some common disorders prevalence rates in the
general population and war journalists
16WAR and JOURNALISTStreatment data
- Despite having more PTSD and depression and
drinking to excess, war journalists were not more
likely to have received psychological help than
non-war journalists (p 0.1)
17September 11, 2001
18How do you rate your ability to cope with the
disaster?
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10
5
very poorly
very well
average
19PTSD scores in journalists pre and post
September 11
20War in Iraq 2003
21Second Study
22Embedded Journalists Iraq War(n100)
23Embedded journalists in IraqExposure to danger
24Embedded journalists in IraqExposure to danger
25Iraq War 2003embedded vs. unilateral
26Iraq War 2008embedded vs. unilateral
Current Data
?
27Iraq data
- The reduction in the number of foreign
journalists has meant shifting data collection
into the areas of narrative and case histories.
28www.conflict-study.com
- English and Spanish versions
- Password protected
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