The influence of daily traumas among Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot journalists residing in a divided and conflicted environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6428752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Huri Yontucu (0000-0001-7446-4498, University of Kyrenia, corresponding author), Metin Ersoy (0000-0002-5443-5291, Eastern Mediterranean University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 561-581 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Communication Gazette (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17480485241302695 |
| OpenAlex | W4406127945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 68 |
The world has faced a series of challenges, starting with the COVID-19 crisis and followed by economic downturns. Among these significant issues, daily occurrences of crimes, rape and natural disasters continue to unfold. These crises have mainly influenced journalists due to the high nature of their profession. This study investigated the psychological influence of daily crises on media workers, their coping strategies, their distress tolerance and how these variables influence one another. It also aimed to understand whether there is any difference between the two communities working in northern and southern Cyprus, a divided European country. One hundred and six journalists participated in the study, with 69 Turkish Cypriots and 37 Greek Cypriots. Results showed that both community journalists face traumatic emotions, have a low level of distress tolerance and utilise some adaptive coping strategies. Based on the psychological conditions that influence media professionals’ approaches to news coverage in fostering or hindering peacebuilding efforts, it is vital to examine the influence of daily crises in divided and conflicted societies
Coping (psychology · Distress · Geography · Natural disaster · Political science · Turkish · Clinical Psychology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Family Support in Illness · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Journalists and mental health
Distress Tolerance
A Hazardous Profession
Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Rwanda
Coping with traumatic stress in journalism
The Distress Tolerance Scale
Stress, appraisal, and coping
You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long
Journalism After September 11
The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict
Narrative, Memory and History Education in Divided Cyprus
The Mismeasure of Coping by Checklist
Trauma Training and the Reparative Work of Journalism
Undivided trauma in a divided Cyprus
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Journalists Repeatedly Covering Covid-19 News
Distress tolerance and psychopathological symptoms and disorders
Journalists as targets of hate speech. How German journalists perceive the consequences for themselves and how they cope with it
Managing Vulnerability
Peace Journalism
The aestheticization of suffering on television
Eyewitness to Disaster
Audience Responses to Peace Journalism
Perilous
Weathering the Storm
The Emerging Field of Emotion Regulation
Crime Creep
Peace Journalism and News Coverage on the Cyprus Conflict
Mexican Journalism Under Siege. The Impact of Anti-press Violence on Reporters, Newsrooms, and Society
Insiders' Stories
The role of social psychological processes in journalist's war and peace journalism attitudes
Re-imagining crisis reporting
Nation, narrative and commemoration
The Cyprus Conflict
An Analysis of Coping in a Middle-Aged Community Sample
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |