How 9/11 changed America
UCI scholars offer insights into how the terrorist attacks continue to impact health, travel, politics and the media
September 09, 2021
KEYWORD
trauma
UCI researchers say cascading traumas tax coping skills, endanger most vulnerable
Commentary appears online in the journal Nature Human Behaviour
October 27, 2020
Beckman Laser Institute receives Air Force funding for wounded warriors project
Renewed grant of $6.8 million to aid in development of optics-based trauma treatments
June 11, 2020
Repeated novel coronavirus media exposure may be linked to psychological distress
Earlier UCI studies found adverse health outcomes from heightened stress response
March 23, 2020
UCI-led study deepens understanding of the effects of media exposure to collective trauma
According to a new UCI-led study, it’s not just how much media exposure an individual has to collective trauma but also the graphic quality of what one sees that may make a person more vulnerable to trauma-related mental and physical health problems over time. The team analyzed the results from more than 3,000 anonymous online […]
October 11, 2019
Media exposure to mass violence can fuel cycle of distress, 3-year longitudinal study shows
UCI researchers find that it can heighten people’s anxiety about and response to future events
April 17, 2019
People who watch beheading videos are motivated by fear of terrorism, UCI study finds
Unfortunately, viewing them exacerbates anxiety, according to first-of-its-kind research
February 25, 2019