Research

Recent DCC research studies and media coverage of research.

Recent Research

Houston, J.B., First, J., & Danforth, L. (2019). Student coping with the effects of disasters media coverage: A qualitative study of school staff perceptions. School Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Journal, 11, 522-534. doi: 10.1007/s12310-018-9295-y

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-018-9295-y

Houston, J.B., Schraedley, M.A., Sorenson, M.E., Reed, K., & Saidi, J. (2019). Disaster journalism: Fostering citizen and community disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience across the disaster cycle. Disasters, 43, 591-611. doi:10.1111/disa.12352

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/disa.12352

Houston, J.B., Spialek, M.L., & First, J.* (2018). Disaster media effects: A systematic review and synthesis based on the differential susceptibility to media effects model. Journal of Communication, 68, 734-757. doi: 10.1093/joc/jqy023

https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/68/4/734/5003433

Spialek, M.L.,* & Houston, J.B. (2018). The development and initial validation of the citizen disaster communication assessment (CDCA). Communication Research, 45, 934-955. doi: 10.1177/0093650217697521

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0093650217697521

Houston, J.B. (2018). Community resilience and communication: Dynamic interconnections between and among individuals, families, and organizations. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 46, 19-22. doi: 10.1080/00909882.2018.1426704

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00909882.2018.1426704

First, J.,* First, N.L., & Houston, J.B. (2017). Intimate partner violence and disasters: A framework for empowering women experiencing violence in disaster settings. AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 32, 390-403. doi: 10.1177/0886109917706338

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0886109917706338

Houston, J.B., Spialek, M.L.,* First, J.,* Stevens, J.,* & First, N.L. (2017). Individual perceptions of community resilience following the 2011 Joplin tornado. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 25, 354-363. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12171

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-5973.12171?scrollTo=references

Houston, J.B., First, J., Spialek, M.L., Sorenson, M.E., Mills-Sandoval, T., Lockett, M., First, N.L., Nitiéma, P., Allen, S.F., & Pfefferbaum, B. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of the resilience and coping intervention (RCI) with undergraduate university students. Journal of American College Health, 65, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2016.1227826

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07448481.2016.1227826?journalCode=vach20

J. Brian Houston , Jennifer First, Matthew L. Spialek, Mary E. Sorenson, Megan Koch (2016). Public Disaster Communication and Child and Family Disaster Mental Health: a Review of Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Evidence. Current Psychiatry Reports. doi: 10.1007/s11920-016-0690-5

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11920-016-0690-5

Houston, J.B., Spialek, M.L., Stevens, J., First, J., Mieseler, V.L., & Pfefferbaum, B. (2015). 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado experience, mental health reactions, and service utilization: Cross-sectional assessments at approximately 6 months and 2.5 years post-event. PLOS Currents Disasters. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.18ca227647291525ce3415bec1406aa5

http://currents.plos.org/disasters/article/2011-joplin-missouri-tornado-experience-mental-health-reactions-and-service-utilization-cross-sectional-assessments-at-approximately-6-months-and-2-5-years-post-event/

Houston, J.B., & Franken, N.J.* (2015). Disaster interpersonal communication and posttraumatic stress following the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 20, 195-206. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2013.848614.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15325024.2013.848614?journalCode=upil20#.VjeGZPnF98E

Houston, J.B., Hawthorne, J., Perreault, M.F., et al. (2015). Social media and disasters: A functional framework for use in disaster planning, response, and research. Disasters, 39, 1-22. doi: 10.1111/disa.12092

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12092/abstract

Houston, J.B. (2015). Bouncing forward: Assessing advances in community resilience assessment, intervention, and theory to guide future work. American Behavioral Scientist, 59, 175-180. doi:10.1177/0002764214550294

http://abs.sagepub.com/content/59/2/175.abstract

Houston, J.B., Spialek, M.L., Cox, J., Greenwood, M., & First, J. (2015). The centrality of media and communication in fostering community resilience: A framework for assessment and intervention. American Behavioral Scientist, 59, 270-283. doi: 10.1177/0002764214548563

http://abs.sagepub.com/content/59/2/270.abstract

Houston, J.B. (2013). Long-term sociopolitical effects of 9/11 television viewing, emotions, and parental conversation in U.S. young adults who were children in 2001. Communication Research Reports, 30, 183-192. doi: 10.1080/08824096.2013.806251

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08824096.2013.806251#.U72s6_ldV8E

Houston, J.B., Seo, H., Taylor Knight, L.A., Kennedy, E.J., Hawthorne, J., & Trask, S.L. (2013). Urban youth’s perspectives on flash mobs. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 41, 236-252. doi: 10.1080/00909882.2013.825728

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00909882.2013.825728#.U72sn_ldV8E

Houston, J.B., Pfefferbaum, B., Sherman, M.D., Melson, A.G., & Brand, M.W. (2013). Family communication across the military deployment experience: Child and spouse report of communication frequency and quality and associated emotions, behaviors, and reactions. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 18, 103-119. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2012.684576

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15325024.2012.684576#.U72tE_ldV8E

Houston, J.B., Pfefferbaum, B., & Rosenholtz, C.E. (2012). Disaster news: Framing and frame changing in coverage of major U.S. natural disasters, 2000-2010. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 89, 606-623. doi:10.1177/1077699012456022

http://jmq.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/08/09/1077699012456022

Houston, J.B. (2012). Public disaster mental/behavioral health communication: Intervention across disaster phases. Journal of Emergency Management, 10, 283-292. doi: 10.5055/jem.2012.0106

Houston, J.B. (2009). Media coverage of terrorism and traumatic stress: A meta-analytic assessment. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86, 844-861.

Houston, J.B., Pfefferbaum, B., Sherman, M.D., Melson, A.G., Jeon-Slaughter, H., Brand, M.W., & Jarman, Y. (2009). Children of deployed National Guard soldiers: Perceptions of parental deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Psychiatric Annals, 39, 805-811. doi: 10.3928/00485713-20090728-03