Media News Engagement and Parent–Child Well-being during Regional Conflict: A Daily Diary Study
Yael Dann, Noa Gueron-Sela · 2026
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Yael Dann and Noa Gueron-Sela present a 2026 daily diary study of how war news exposure affects Israeli families with young children during active regional conflict. For seven days, 193 Jewish-Israeli parents of children averaging four and a half years old reported each day on media use, direct war exposure, mood, and friction with their child.
On days when children saw more war media, they showed more negative mood and more parent-child strain, and the same held between families. Parents' own news engagement reached children indirectly: heavier parental viewing raised the parent's negative mood and relationship strain, which in turn predicted the child's worse mood. Direct exposure and media exposure also combined to shape well-being. The authors highlight media habits as a lever for protecting family emotional climate.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yael Dann, Noa Gueron-Sela |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65729 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |