The Role of Violent Media Preference in Cumulative Developmental Risk for Violence and General Aggression |
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| Authors: | Paul Boxer L Rowell Huesmann Brad J Bushman Maureen O’Brien Dominic Moceri |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA;(2) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;(3) VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The impact of exposure to violence in the media on the long-term development and short-term expression of aggressive behavior
has been well documented. However, gaps in this literature remain, and in particular the role of violent media exposure in
shaping violent and other serious antisocial behavior has not been investigated. Further, studies of violent media effects
typically have not sampled from populations with confirmed histories of violent and/or nonviolent antisocial behavior. In
this study, we analyzed data on 820 youth, including 390 juvenile delinquents and 430 high school students, to examine the
relation of violent media use to involvement in violence and general aggression. Using criterion scores developed through
cross-informant modeling of data from self, parent/guardian, and teacher/staff reports, we observed that childhood and adolescent
violent media preferences contributed significantly to the prediction of violence and general aggression from cumulative risk
totals. Findings represent a new and important direction for research on the role of violent media use in the broader matrix
of risk factors for youth violence.
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| Keywords: | Media Violence Delinquent Aggression Risk |
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