Abstract:Background: Different words used for suicide (so-called suicide referents) have different moral connotations, and neutral referents are recommended in media reporting guidelines. Aims: To assess how different referents in media reports are ...
Abstract:Background: Little is known about the quality of media reports on suicide and prevention targeting persons with sexual or gender minority identities (LGBTQ+). Aims: To assess the quality of suicide-related media reporting of LGBTQ+ people and ...
Abstract: Pervasive reactions toward mental illness include dehumanization and stigma. Given the portrayal of such disorders as threatening in psychological horror films, consumption of this subgenre of horror could be associated with ...
Zusammenfassung: Der medialen Sportberichterstattung wird häufig vorgeworfen, die Sportrealität bzw. das reale Sportereignis nur verzerrt abzubilden und den Rezipierenden eine ganz eigene Mediensportrealität zu vermitteln. Die nahe liegende These lautet, ...
Hintergrund: Stents sollen helfen das Gefäßlumen nach Ballonangioplastie offen zu halten. Um einen hinreichenden Lumenquerschnitt zu garantieren werden oft «oversized Stents» verwendet. Gerade solche Stents können jedoch zu einer mechanischen Schädigung ...
Psychodynamics and Conflicts in Male Adolescent Internet Addicted PatientsAim: Severe internet addiction as a subform of pathological media use can interrupt adolescent development by school absentism for months, absolute concentration on MMPORG-parallel-...
After 1945, Western medicine was influenced mostly by investigations from Britain and the USA. This paper deals with the presentation of German medicine in the German weekly «Der Spiegel» between 1947 and 1955, when German society changed from a post-war ...
Abstract.Introduction: The media coverage of high-profile sporting events can bring increased pressure to athletes’ psychological wellbeing. There may be speculation regarding athletes’ mental state before, during and after competition potentially ...
Eating Disorders: Developmental Psychological and Developmental Psychopathological PerspectiveAbstract. The present article deals with various eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and obesity with a focus on anorexia and bulimia, which have a clear ...
Abstract. We propose a social identity model of media usage and effects. This model explains how the media might cultivate power arrangements (i.e., promote social stasis) on the one hand, and contribute to social change on the other. We argue that ...
Summary: Numerous studies have considered the association between media reporting and portrayal of suicide and actual suicidal behavior or ideation. This review considered 42 studies that have examined the nonfiction media (newspapers, television, and ...
Summary: The association between the portrayal of suicide in fictional media and actual suicide has been debated since 1774, when it was asserted that Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther had led people to take their own lives. Since that time, a ...
Summary: The body of evidence suggests that there is a causal association between nonfictional media reporting of suicide (in newspapers, on television, and in books) and actual suicide, and that there may be one between fictional media portrayal (in film ...
Summary: Many studies indicate that the suicidal behavior in a society is affected by the suicide stories publicized. Cultural valuations appear in the way media present self-destruction. The reflection of sociocultural attitudes toward suicide can be ...
Summary: There is now unequivocal statistical evidence of an association between some media portrayals of suicide and further subsequent suicide. However, it is a weak association, and it is probably of far less importance than our need to address basic ...
The pattern of suicide in Ireland broadly matches that in various neighbouring countries, with the prevalence among males being significantly greater than among women. Over recent years there has been a significant increase in suicide among young men. ...
Abstract. Portrayals of suicide in the media are controversial because they may impact on suicide rates and methods. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of the broadcast of a television documentary wherein an adolescent girl is interviewed ...
There is strong evidence for the existence of the Werther effect, or the phenomenon of an observer copying suicidal behavior he or she has seen modelled in the media. As a consequence, a number of countries have developed guidelines that promote ...