Allan B I Bernardo
Exploring epistemological beliefs of bilingual Filipino preservice teachers in the Filipino and English languages
The Journal of psychology
mass shootings result widespread psychological trauma survivors members affected community however less known broader effects indirect exposure eg media mass shootings crisis lines offer unique opportunity examine realtime data widespread psychological effects mass shootings crisis text line notforprofit company provides 247 confidential sms text messagebased mental health support crisis intervention service study examines changes volume composition firearmrelated conversations crisis text line mass school shooting robb elementary school may 24 2022 uvalde texas quasiexperimental event study design used compare actual volume firearmrelated conversations received crisis text line post shooting forecasted firearm conversation volume counterfactual scenario shooting occurred conversations related firearms identified among conversations using keyword searches firearm conversation volume predicted using seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average model trained 3 months data leading shooting additionally proportions issue tags topics coded post conversation volunteer crisis counselors crisis text line exchange compared 4 days n251 n417 shooting assess changes conversation characteristics 4day window chosen reflect number days conversation volume remained forecasted levels significant increase number conversations mentioning firearms following shooting largest spike compared forecasted numbers occurring day shooting n159 may 25 2022 may 28 volume reverted within 95 ci forecasted volume n77 within firearm conversations grief issue tags showed significant increase proportion week following shooting isolationloneliness relationships suicide issue tags showed significant decrease proportions week following shooting results suggest uvalde school shooting may contributed increase demand crisis services would expected given historical trends additionally found firearmrelated crises conversations immediately post event likely related grief less likely related suicide loneliness relationships findings provide first data showing realtime repercussions broader population exposed school shooting events work adds growing evidence base documenting measuring rippling effects mass shootings outside directly impacted