Dou Yifei, Zhang Meng
School of Criminology, People's Public Security University of China, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jan 7;15:1441738. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1441738. eCollection 2024.
Increasing evidence has shown that media violence exposure can influence individual aggression. However, the question of whether there is a causal relationship between media violence exposure and aggression remains complex and contentious. This study aims to examine the dynamic reciprocal relations between media violence exposure and aggression among junior high school students in China.
Using the Exposure to Violent Media Questionnaire (ETVMQ) and the Buss-Warren Aggression questionnaire (BWAQ), 259 junior high school students were tracked three times over a period of 1 year. A cross-lagged panel model was constructed to analyze the reciprocal relationship between media violence exposure and aggression over time.
(1) Media violence exposure and aggression were significantly and positively correlated in all three assessments. (2) Cross-lagged analysis revealed that media violence exposure at Time 1(T1) significantly positively predicted aggression at Time 2(T2), and subsequently significantly positively predicted media violence exposure at Time 3(T3). Additionally, media violence exposure at T2 significantly positively predicted aggression at T3. (3) Multi-group analysis revealed that gender, family economic status, and family location had no significant moderating effects on the cross-lagged effects between media violence exposure and aggression. The cross-lagged effects did not differ by gender, family economic status, or family location.
There is a positive reciprocal relationship between media violence exposure and aggression among Chinese junior high school students, and this reciprocal relationship demonstrates stability across gender and family environments. Media violence exposure is not only a risk factor for increasing aggression among Chinese junior high school students but also a negative outcome of high aggression.
越来越多的证据表明，接触媒体暴力会影响个体的攻击性。然而，接触媒体暴力与攻击性之间是否存在因果关系这一问题仍然复杂且存在争议。本研究旨在探讨中国初中生接触媒体暴力与攻击性之间的动态相互关系。
使用暴力媒体接触问卷（ETVMQ）和布斯-沃伦攻击性问卷（BWAQ），对259名初中生在1年的时间里进行了三次跟踪调查。构建交叉滞后面板模型来分析接触媒体暴力与攻击性随时间的相互关系。
（1）在所有三次评估中，接触媒体暴力与攻击性均呈显著正相关。（2）交叉滞后分析显示，第1时间点（T1）的接触媒体暴力显著正向预测第2时间点（T2）的攻击性，随后又显著正向预测第3时间点（T3）的接触媒体暴力。此外，T2时的接触媒体暴力显著正向预测T3时的攻击性。（3）多组分析显示，性别、家庭经济状况和家庭所在地对接触媒体暴力与攻击性之间的交叉滞后效应没有显著的调节作用。交叉滞后效应在性别、家庭经济状况或家庭所在地方面没有差异。
中国初中生接触媒体暴力与攻击性之间存在正向相互关系，且这种相互关系在性别和家庭环境中具有稳定性。接触媒体暴力不仅是中国初中生攻击性增加的一个风险因素，也是高攻击性的一个负面结果。
