Racial trauma and resilience in the aftermath of media exposure of fatal police violence toward Black Americans: Consequences and collective burden.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000730

Ginette Sims, Maryam Kia-Keating, Osiris Diego Hal

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Abstract

Objectives: Media exposure to extreme police violence is an increasingly widespread problem that has negative consequences for the mental health of viewers. Black Americans are disproportionately impacted by police violence and its negative consequences, but little is understood from their own perspectives as media viewers.

Method: The present study uses a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to better understand Black American experiences of witnessing lethal police violence toward Black Americans via social media. Participants with exposure to at least one of four viral videos of fatal police encounters with Black Americans were recruited to participate in in-depth interviews.

Results: Key themes emerged related to negative emotional sequelae, including grief, anxious feelings, traumatization, hopelessness, and active efforts to draw on their resilience. Resilience was associated with racial/ethnic pride, sense of community, engagement in activism, and active coping.

Conclusions: Future research is needed to explicate the role of media violence in racial trauma for Black Americans, as well as the collective burden and complex costs this violence and its media accessibility have on society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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媒体曝光警察对黑人致命暴力事件后的种族创伤和复原力：后果和集体负担。

目标：媒体对警察极端暴力的曝光是一个日益普遍的问题，对观众的心理健康产生负面影响。美国黑人不成比例地受到警察暴力及其负面后果的影响，但作为媒体观众，他们很少从自己的角度来理解这一点。方法：本研究采用解释学现象学方法来更好地理解美国黑人通过社交媒体目睹警察对黑人的致命暴力的经历。研究人员招募了至少看过四段关于警察与美国黑人发生致命冲突的视频中的一段的参与者参加深度访谈。结果：出现了与负面情绪后遗症相关的关键主题，包括悲伤，焦虑感，创伤，绝望和积极努力利用他们的恢复力。适应力与种族/民族自豪感、社区意识、参与行动主义和积极应对有关。结论：需要进一步研究媒体暴力在美国黑人种族创伤中的作用，以及这种暴力及其媒体可及性给社会带来的集体负担和复杂成本。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

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5.90

自引率

6.10%

发文量

101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.