Trigger Warning: More Empirical Evidence For The Priming Effects Of Trigger Warnings Ahead

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Lucas Griffin (Creator)

Institution

Appalachian State University (ASU )

Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Advisor

Joshua Broman-Fulks

Abstract: The use of trigger warnings and microaggressions within a university setting has recently become the center of controversy. The current study sought to examine the degree to which trigger warnings influenced participants’ perceptions towards potentially distressing and/or socially discriminatory literary passages. 128 participants, recruited from Amazon mTurk, completed a survey in which they read 3 pre-manipulation passages, 7 passages during the manipulation (half of the participants received trigger warnings before each of these passages and the other half did not) and 3 post-manipulation passages. Results showed that participants who received trigger warnings evaluated the post-manipulation microaggressive passage and email as less discriminatory, but evaluated the post-manipulation mildly distressing passage as more discriminatory. Potential explanation and implications surrounding these findings is offered in the discussion section.

Trigger Warning: More Empirical Evidence For The Priming Effects Of Trigger Warnings Ahead
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Publication

Honors Project

Griffin, L. (2019). Trigger Warning: More Empirical Evidence For The Priming Effects Of Trigger Warnings Ahead. Unpublished Honors Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Language: English

Date: 2019

Keywords

Trigger warnings, Microaggressions, Priming effects of trigger warnings