A growing body of research demonstrates that trigger warnings may not serve their intended purpose.
Trigger warnings don't reduce the emotional distress of experiencing graphic content.Trigger warnings do lead to more anticipatory anxiety before viewing graphic content.The term trigger warning was coined in the late 1990s on feminist Internet message boards, where it cautioned readers about graphic depictions of crimes, typically rape. The idea was to help emotionally prepare readers for difficult content and allow them to opt out and avoid the content altogether.
Recently, researchers from Flinders University in Australia and Harvard University combined the data from 12 studies on trigger warnings to assess their effectiveness.Studies included in the analysis evaluated a warning “intended to alert participants about content that might trigger memories or emotions related to past experiences.” The studies were also required to measure the psychological or behavioral responses to those warnings.
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