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Does Violent Movie Exposure Affect Aggressive Cognition of Chinese Adolescents? Evidences from a Modified STROOP Task

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  • Zhang Qian
  • Jing-Xia Zhong
  • Da-Jun Zhang

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The main purpose of the study was to examine the impact of violent movies on aggressive cognition of Chineseadolescents. A modified STROOP word-color naming task was used to examine whether aggressive words couldprime Chinese adolescents’ aggressive cognition. The result showed no significant differences in aggressivelyactivated score (AAS) for violent movie and non-violent movies, and that no significant differences were foundin main affect of movie type (violent movie vs. non-violent movie). However, it did reveal significant MovieType × Gender interaction, and that aggressive cognition was significantly affected by violent movie for boys,but was not for girls. Additionally, significant Movie Type × Aggressive Level interaction was found, and thataggressive cognition was significantly influenced by violent movie only for high-aggressive level (HL)participants, not for low-aggressive level (LL) and mid-aggressive level (ML) participants, which partlysupported General Aggressive Model (GAM). Limitations of the present study were also discussed.

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  • Zhang Qian & Jing-Xia Zhong & Da-Jun Zhang, 2013. "Does Violent Movie Exposure Affect Aggressive Cognition of Chinese Adolescents? Evidences from a Modified STROOP Task," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 5(2), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ijpsjl:v:5:y:2013:i:2:p:11
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