Citation

Coyne SM, Linder JR, Nelson DA, Gentile DA. Aggressive Behav. 2012; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. smcoyne@byu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ab.21410

PMID

22331575

Abstract

Past research has shown activation of aggressive cognitions in memory after media violence exposure, but has not examined priming effects of viewing relational aggression in the media. In the current study, 250 women viewed a video clip depicting physical aggression, relational aggression, or no aggression. Subsequent activation of physical and relational aggression cognitions was measured using an emotional Stroop task. Results indicated priming of relational aggression cognitions after viewing the relationally aggressive video clip, and activation of both physical and relational aggression cognitions after viewing the physically aggressive video clip. Results are discussed within the framework of the General Aggression Model.

Language: en