Citation

Sprafkin J, Gadow KD. J. Genet. Psychol. 1988; 149(1): 35-44.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00221325.1988.10532137

PMID

3373187

Abstract

The immediate impact of viewing aggressive cartoons on emotionally disturbed (ED) and learning disabled (LD) children's willingness to hurt another child was assessed. Fifteen ED and 23 LD children (M = 7.25 years old) viewed either an aggressive or a comparison cartoon and then played the Help-Hurt game. The children who watched the aggressive cartoon pressed the Hurt button for significantly more time than did those who were exposed to the comparison cartoon. Across cartoon conditions, the ED children pressed the Hurt button significantly longer than did their LD peers.

Language: en