Josephson W L
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Nov;53(5):882-90. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.53.5.882.
The effect of television violence on boys' aggression was investigated with consideration of teacher-rated characteristic aggressiveness, timing of frustration, and violence-related cues as moderators. Boys in Grades 2 and 3 (N = 396) watched violent or nonviolent TV in groups of 6, and half the groups were later exposed to a cue associated with the violent TV program. They were frustrated either before or after TV viewing. Aggression was measured by naturalistic observation during a game of floor hockey. Groups containing more characteristically high-aggressive boys showed higher aggression following violent TV plus the cue than following violent TV alone, which in turn produced more aggression than did the nonviolent TV condition. There was evidence that both the violent content and the cue may have suppressed aggression among groups composed primarily of boys low in characteristic aggressiveness. Results were interpreted in terms of current information-processing theories of media effects on aggression.
研究考察了电视暴力对男孩攻击性的影响，并将教师评定的特质攻击性、挫折时机以及与暴力相关的线索作为调节变量。二、三年级的男孩（N = 396）六人一组观看暴力或非暴力电视节目，其中一半小组随后接触与暴力电视节目相关的线索。他们在观看电视之前或之后遭受挫折。通过在一场地板曲棍球比赛中的自然观察来测量攻击性。包含更多特质高攻击性男孩的小组，在观看暴力电视节目并接触线索后比仅观看暴力电视节目时表现出更高的攻击性，而仅观看暴力电视节目又比非暴力电视节目情境产生更多的攻击性。有证据表明，暴力内容和线索可能都抑制了主要由特质攻击性低的男孩组成的小组中的攻击性。研究结果依据当前媒体对攻击性影响的信息加工理论进行了解释。
