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Violence in Context: Embracing an Ecological Approach to Violent Media Exposure
Author(s) -
Glackin Erin,
Gray Sarah A. O.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
analyses of social issues and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1530-2415
pISSN - 1529-7489
DOI - 10.1111/asap.12108
Subject(s) - aggression , psychopathology , context (archaeology) , psychology , intervention (counseling) , criminology , ecology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , geography , psychiatry , biology , archaeology
This commentary expands on Anderson, Bushman, Donnerstein, Hummer, and Warburton's agenda for minimizing the impacts of violent media exposure (VME) on youth aggression. We argue that, in order to effectively intervene in the development of aggression and other maladaptive traits, researchers and policy‐makers should take an ecological, developmental psychopathology approach to understanding children's exposure to VME within developmental, relational, environmental, and cultural contexts. Such a framework holds the most promise for identifying at‐risk groups, establishing targets of intervention, and testing mechanisms of change.