The Department of Emergency & Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Stress Health. 2024 Aug;40(4):e3398. doi: 10.1002/smi.3398. Epub 2024 Mar 27.
This study aims to assess the impact of continuous 24/7 news broadcasting on the mental well-being of Jewish Israelis during the 'Iron Swords' War and compare it to findings from the 2014 Conflict. An internet-based cross-sectional panel survey was conducted on 11-12 October 2023, during the 'Iron Swords' War. The study focused on Israel's adult Jewish population, enabling comparisons with a previous 2014 study. Participants reported news consumption changes, attitudes towards newscasts (burdensome, relaxing, stressful, addictive, Fear Of Missing Out [FOMO], avoidance), opinions on 24/7 news, and anxiety symptoms. Among 802 adult Jewish participants in Israel, 83.8% increased news consumption. While more than 70% of respondents found the newscast stressing at least a medium level, more than 40% said they do not try to avoid them at all. Nearly 24% found it much addictive. Women and younger individuals reported more FOMO, stress, and addiction. More than 70% reported experiencing at least one anxiety symptom, and 21% of all four. Linear regression explained 42.9% of the variance of reported anxiety, with gender, age, news stress, addiction, and FOMO as predictors. The current study results show an increase in all measurements compared to a separate study conducted using the same tools in 2014. Jewish Israelis struggled with news consumption during the recent war, harming mental health. Heightened anxiety was observed, compared to 2014, and affected all demographics.
本研究旨在评估 24/7 全天候新闻广播对“铁剑行动”期间以色列犹太人心境健康的影响，并将其与 2014 年冲突的研究结果进行比较。2023 年 10 月 11 日至 12 日期间，通过互联网进行了横断面面板调查。该研究聚焦于以色列成年犹太人群体，以便与之前的 2014 年研究进行比较。参与者报告了新闻消费的变化、对新闻节目的态度（负担、放松、压力、上瘾、错失恐惧[FOMO]、回避）、对 24/7 新闻的看法以及焦虑症状。在以色列的 802 名成年犹太参与者中，83.8%增加了新闻消费。虽然超过 70%的受访者认为新闻节目至少有中等程度的压力，但仍有超过 40%的受访者表示他们根本不想回避。近 24%的人认为新闻节目非常上瘾。女性和年轻人报告的错失恐惧、压力和上瘾更多。超过 70%的人报告至少有一种焦虑症状，21%的人报告了所有四种症状。线性回归解释了报告的焦虑症状的 42.9%的方差，性别、年龄、新闻压力、上瘾和错失恐惧是预测因素。与 2014 年使用相同工具进行的另一项单独研究相比，当前研究结果显示所有测量值都有所增加。在最近的战争期间，以色列犹太人努力应对新闻消费，损害了他们的心理健康。与 2014 年相比，焦虑程度有所增加，且影响了所有人群。
