Al-Maghaireh Dua'a, Shawish Najah Sami, Alsaqer Khitam, Kawafha Mariam, Sheyab Heidar Sultan, Al Mushasha Rama Ashraf, Al Kofahi Abedelkder
Faculty of Nursing, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan.
Faculty of Nursing, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
J Multidiscip Healthc. 2024 May 22;17:2521-2533. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S461333. eCollection 2024.
The ongoing conflict in Gaza has led to a surge in acute stress among individuals who are exposed to distressing images and videos daily via social media.
This study aimed to examine the impact of watching Gaza news footage on social media among Jordanian adolescents, and explore the experiences of watching Gaza news footage on social media from the perspective of adolescents.
An explanatory mixed methods design was conducted from 10/10/2023 until 6/11/2023, undertaken at two government high schools in Jordan. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to survey 180 Jordanian students who watched Gaza news footage on social media. Then the students who had high stress levels were interviewed.
180 students participated in this study, more than half of them were male (52.2%). The quantitative findings showed that the students experienced high stress levels, with a mean score of 3.78 (SD = 1.24). 70% of students reported high levels of stress, the amount of time spent watching news footage about the Gaza attack on social media each day, and the presence of social support from family or peers are significantly linked to stress levels (). The qualitative findings revealed the following themes: Extreme Emotional Responses, Sources of Stressors and Impact of Stress Extreme Emotional Responses, Sources of Stressors and Impact of Stress.
Study findings revealed high stress levels among adolescents after watching Gaza news on social media, highlighting the need for interventions in the context of the three major themes revealed in the study.
加沙地带持续的冲突导致每天通过社交媒体接触到令人痛苦的图像和视频的个人急性应激反应激增。
本研究旨在调查观看加沙新闻片段对约旦青少年的影响，并从青少年的角度探讨在社交媒体上观看加沙新闻片段的经历。
于2023年10月10日至2023年11月6日在约旦的两所政府高中采用解释性混合方法设计。使用感知压力量表对180名在社交媒体上观看加沙新闻片段的约旦学生进行调查。然后对压力水平高的学生进行访谈。
180名学生参与了本研究，其中一半以上为男性（52.2%）。定量研究结果表明，学生们经历了较高的压力水平，平均得分为3.78（标准差=1.24）。70%的学生报告压力水平较高，每天在社交媒体上观看加沙袭击新闻片段的时间以及来自家人或同伴的社会支持与压力水平显著相关（）。定性研究结果揭示了以下主题：极端情绪反应、压力源和压力影响。
研究结果显示，青少年在社交媒体上观看加沙新闻后压力水平较高，突出了在研究揭示的三个主要主题背景下进行干预的必要性。
