Tornero Aguilera, José FranciscoRobles Pérez, José JuanClemente Suárez, Vicente Javier2020-11-162020-11-162020Tornero, J. F., Robles, J. J., & Clemente, V. J. (2020). Could Combat Stress Affect Journalists’ News Reporting? A Psychophysiological Response. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 45, 231–239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-020-09473-01090-05861573-3270http://hdl.handle.net/11268/9457Covering war conficts may compromise the psychological and physical health of journalists because chronic exposure to these environments has been related to depression, memory dissociative processes, and post-traumatic stress disorder; however, acute efects have not been studied yet. Thus, a combat simulation was carried out replicating actual warfare scenarios, including personnel and equipment. Psychophysiological response, memory, and information-processing were analysed of 40 professional soldiers (21 males and 19 females) and 19 journalists (12 males and 7 females) with international experience in current confict areas such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo, in relation to their experience of a combat intervention. A signifcant increase (p<0.05) in metabolic, muscular, cardiovascular, and cortical and psychological anxiety response, as well as a decrease in memory accuracy directly after and 24 h and 72 h post-combat were found; these modifcations were modulated by the nature of the stimulus. Journalists presented higher cognitive and memory impairment than soldiers, resulting in a press reporting of real events accuracy of only 27%.engjournal article10.1007/s10484-020-09473-0open accessPsicología fisiológicaCorresponsales de guerraEstrés (Fisiología)PsicofisiologíaPeriodistaGuerra