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Content Warnings Do Not Reduce Distress, Study Shows (www.psychologicalscience.org)
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Advocates for the use of trigger warnings suggest that they can help people avoid or emotionally prepare for encountering content related to a past trauma. But trigger warnings may not fulfill either of these functions, according to an analysis published in Clinical Psychological Science.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231186625

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[โ€“] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

First sentence

Advocates for the use of trigger warnings suggest that they can help people avoid or emotionally prepare for encountering content related to a past trauma. But trigger warnings may not fulfill either of these functions

[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think the followup is even more relevant:

Instead, warnings appear to heighten the anticipatory anxiety a person may feel prior to viewing sensitive material while making them no less likely to consume that content