title: Media effects on students during SARS outbreak.
abstract: A few months after the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, a sample of Canadian undergraduate university students completed a questionnaire that showed that, despite believing media coverage of the outbreak was excessive, they had little anxiety about acquiring SARS. Additionally, 69% of participants failed a SARS-specific knowledge section of the questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sheri L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bergeron
authors.forename: Ana L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sanchez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D009864:Ontario; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology