- Pathways to Collective Emotions: Proximity, Media Exposure, Initial Reactions and Appraisal following the Sewol Ferry Disaster
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Young Ae Kim, Bu Jong Kim, Yun Kyeung Choi
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STRESS. 2018;26(1):68-75. Published online March 31, 2018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2018.26.1.68
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Abstract
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Background:
The purpose of the present study was to explore the impacts of proximity, media exposure, initial reactions and appraisal on ‘sorry feeling’ as trauma-related collective emotions.
Methods:
The data were collected from a sample of 2,009 respondents (552 males and 1,457 females) using an online survey during a week at a year after Sewol ferry disaster. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to specify from proximity and media exposure to collective emotions through initial reactions at peri-disaster period (T1) and appraisals at the 1st anniversary of the disaster (T2).
Results:
The results showed that the proximity, amounts of media exposure (T1 and T2) and initial reactions (T1) influenced collective emotions through the appraisals at T2.
Conclusions:
These results were discussed in terms of moral injury and collective emotions. Limitation of this study and directions of future research were suggested.
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