Jonathan S. Comer|Jami M. Furr|Rinad S. Beidas|Courtney L. Weiner|Philip C. Kendall
Children and terrorism-related news: Training parents in coping and media literacy.
study examined associations televised news regarding risk future terrorism youth outcomes investigated effects training mothers empirically based approach addressing news children approachcoping media literacy cmlemphasized modeling media literacy contingent reinforcement compared via randomized design discussion usual dau ninety community youth aged 713 years mothers viewed televised news clip risk future terrorism threat perceptions state anxiety assessed preclip postclip postdiscussion children responded clip elevated threat perceptions anxiety children cmltrained mothers exhibited lower threat perceptions dau youth postclip postdiscussion additionally cmltrained mothers exhibited lower threat perceptions state anxiety postclip postdiscussion dau mothers moreover older youth responded clip greater societal threat perception younger youth findings document associations terrorismrelated news threat perceptions anxiety support utility providing parents strategies addressing news children implications research suggestions discussed