Does Violence On Tv Increase Childrens Aggression. Studies show extensive viewing of television violence may cause children to become more aggressive and anxious. Studies show that violence on television does have an adverse affect on children and the way they think and act. However later research by psychologists Douglas Gentile and Brad Bushman among others suggested that exposure to media violence is just one of several factors that can contribute to aggressive. Children with emotional behavioral learning or impulse control problems may be more easily influenced by TV violence.
Only a few investigated long-term effects and even fewer tried to. The answer based on this research is a very clear yes. As predicted children who had seen the aggressive film were significantly more likely to choose aggressive responses as being normative than were children exposed to the control film. Research regarding the relationship between media exposure and aggressionviolence is mixed. Previous studies by other researchers suggested that exposure to violent media causes children to become more aggressive and to view aggression as an acceptable method of resolving conflict. This disagreement is not just a matter of degree-in my opinion they are just plain wrong.
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The National Institutes of Health study of 22 boys. Only a few investigated long-term effects and even fewer tried to. Most early research addressed short-term behavior finding that violent TV made children more aggressive. Bozell continues to comment Studies have shown exposure to television violence to be positively associated to aggressive behavior in some children and exposure to sexual content increases the likelihood that children will become sexually active earlier in life Ngoei. The National Institutes of Health study of 22 boys. Beliefs about the moral correctness of aggression however were not reliably influenced by film condition.