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Why do aggressive movies make people aggressive? an attempt to explain short‐term effects of the depiction of violence on the observer
Author(s) -
Betsch Tilmann,
Dickenberger Dorothee
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1993)19:2<137::aid-ab2480190206>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - aggression , expectancy theory , psychology , social psychology , poison control , cognition , value (mathematics) , depiction , developmental psychology , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , cognitive psychology , medical emergency , medicine , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , computer science
An explanation‐approach within the frame of a universal and integrating theory of aggression is favored for understanding the effects of exposure to violence. Kornadt's Motivation Theory of Aggression is used to generate several hypotheses concerning the effects of aggressive movies on a viewer's expectancy‐value‐cognitions and these are tested in an experiment. The experiment suggests that aggressive stimulation is able to change aggression‐related expectancy‐value‐cognitions in an aggression‐facilitating direction. Based on these results, an attempt is made to explain increases in the aggression of viewers in terms of the Motivation Theory of Aggression. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.