Media Exposure and Vicarious Trauma: Italian Adaptation and Validation of the Media Vicarious Traumatization Scale and Its Impact on Young Adults’ Mental Health in Relation to Contemporary Armed Conflicts
Exploratory and confirmatory analyses reveal strong psychometric properties of the MVT scale, highlighting its relevance for understanding media's impact on anxiety among young adults.
Key Points
The study confirms the Media Vicarious Traumatization Scale exhibits stable psychometric properties for assessing anxiety due to media exposure.
Analysis of 803 young adults indicated strong relationships between media vicarious traumatization, generalized anxiety, and future anxiety.
Two studies utilized Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to validate the scale within the Italian context.
The findings suggest that concerns about war-related media significantly contribute to anxiety among young adults.