Impact of Indirect Trauma and Disaster Media Exposure on Psychological States and Temporal Processes: The Case of 2023 Turkey Earthquakes.

ABSTRACT: Turkey experienced two devastating earthquakes, which resulted in more than 50,000 deaths and millions of injured and homeless individuals. The negative influence of direct exposure to trauma has been proven, but the impact of indirect exposure remains unclear. In this study, we focused on indirect types of trauma exposure: the loss of someone in the earthquake and the exposure to disaster media. We aimed to explore the influence of these dimensions on psychological states, including earthquake trauma severity, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, anxiety, hopelessness and life satisfaction and temporal-psychological measures, such as intertemporal decision-making tendencies and time perspectives. The sample (N = 215) consisted of Turkish individuals who experienced

SUBMITTER: Oz IT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579812 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature