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Media Violence
A Study on Youth Exposure to Media Violence
In a 2005 study by Kronenberger et al., researchers enter into the oft-discussed subject of media violence and its impact on youth behaviors and tendencies. Published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, the article makes its focus the degree to which media violence exposure may impede both cognitive and behavioral abilities. These characteristics are captured in the dependent variable of executive function.
The overarching hypothesis of the study in question is a common one and one that has received a great deal of crucial scrutiny both in empirical and rhetorical settings. The matter of youth exposure to media violence is highly debated. The primary hypothesis here proceeds from this debate, asserting that while there is a correlation between exposure to media violence and diminished executive functioning, this is substantially impacted by the behavioral tendencies innate to the subject.
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Here, results were compared between 27 individuals with no diagnosis or history of behavioral diagnosis and 27 individuals with DSM-IV Disruptive Behavior Disorder diagnoses. First, each sample population was subjected to psychological evaluation and MRI. Subsequently, the members of both sample populations were required to complete two testing instruments. Both groups were measured for media violence exposure and for executive functioning. As the discussion hereafter will show, the Conners' Continuous Performance Test scores would prove particularly illuminating in the area of executive function. This test is an instrument conventionally used to measure attention deficit issues and other cognitive obstacles.
Here, it would be one of the more effective paths to data collection, ultimately helping to produce some telling results. Specifically, this data-collection instrument would show that media violence exposure did have a moderate to strong relationship…
Works Cited:
Kronenberger, W.G. et al. (2005). Media Violence Exposure and Executive Functioning in Aggressive and Control Adolescents. Journal OF Clinical Psychology, 61(6), 723-737.
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