The Impact and Psychic Mechanism of Media Violence on Children and their Aggressive Behavior

XING Shufen; WANG Danyang; LIN Chongde

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2015.03.010

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XING Shufen, WANG Danyang, LIN Chongde. The Impact and Psychic Mechanism of Media Violence on Children and their Aggressive Behavior[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2015, 33(3): 71-78. doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2015.03.010

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XING Shufen, WANG Danyang, LIN Chongde. The Impact and Psychic Mechanism of Media Violence on Children and their Aggressive Behavior[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2015, 33(3): 71-78. doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2015.03.010

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The Impact and Psychic Mechanism of Media Violence on Children and their Aggressive Behavior

doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2015.03.010

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition and Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,China

Publish Date: 2015-09-20

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With the prevalence of new medium and violent games, the relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior has become a research focus again.However, controversy still exists regarding the causal relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior, including two opposite theoretical models:General Aggressive Model and Catalyst Model.According to the General Aggressive Model, the effects of media violence on aggressive behavior involve short-term and long-term effect, with different psychic mechanisms.However, such factors as children's personality, initial aggressive level, their recognition of the role and characteristics of the game will play a regulatory role.In this regard, future studies will be conducted using new paradigms and techniques, in order to reach a relatively consistent conclusion.
- media violence,
- violent video game,
- aggressive behavior,
- psychic mechanism

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