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"Trigger warnings" are now widely accepted as away to help people avoid harm from disturbing content. Trouble is, they just don't work, according to new research.like an obvious good: They alert people that a book, video or other media will depict a fraught topic such as sexual assault, abuse orThe problem is, trigger warnings appear to be ineffective at best — and maybe even be harmful in some cases, according to the recent analysis of a dozen studies.
Once they caught on, they simply kept growing — likely driven by a sense that they seemed like the "right thing to do," Bridgland said. "This is a classic example of a 'call to action,' without scientific evidence," said Boysen, who was not involved in the review. Each tested the impact of warnings tagged onto a video or text that contained potentially distressing content. Most often the advisory was dubbed "trigger warning," though some studies used the general term "warning." The studies involved a mix ofBut there was no evidence that warnings blunted people's emotional reactions to distressing content.
"People can mentally prepare themselves by using emotion regulation techniques," Bridgland said. "However, they have to be specifically instructed on how to do so."
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