Department of Psychology, Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL, 32723, USA.
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA.
Psychiatr Q. 2019 Jun;90(2):395-403. doi: 10.1007/s11126-018-9615-2.
Recent scholarship has suggested that the frequency of violence in PG-13 rated movies has increased in recent years. Although some scholars have expressed concern that such an increase may have public health implications, this has remained untested. In the current article, trends in PG-13 movie violence are tested against trends in violence in society, including both homicides and youth violence. Raw correlations suggest that PG-13 rated movie violence is inversely related to actual violence in society. However, controlling for autocorrelations suggests that the best interpretation is that PG-13 rated movie violence is unrelated to violence in society. Caution is advised for scholars to avoid implying that PG-13 rated movie violence may have a causal effect on crime in society.
近年来，有学术研究表明 PG-13 级电影中的暴力频率有所增加。尽管一些学者担心这种增加可能对公共健康产生影响，但这一观点尚未得到验证。在当前的文章中，研究人员检验了 PG-13 级电影中的暴力趋势与社会暴力（包括凶杀和青少年暴力）趋势之间的关系。原始相关性表明，PG-13 级电影中的暴力与社会实际暴力呈反比关系。然而，控制自相关后表明，最佳解释是 PG-13 级电影中的暴力与社会暴力无关。学者们应谨慎避免暗示 PG-13 级电影中的暴力可能对社会犯罪产生因果影响。
