Relationship of violent media contents with aggressive behaviour

Chiedu Eseadi; Chinyere A. Nwajiuba; Emenike N. Anyaegbunam; Paul N. Onwuasoanya; Michael Eskay; Oluchi Queen Onwudinjo; Rowland C. Uwakwe; Ngozi Awoke; Kelechi Mezieobi

Relationship of violent media contents with aggressive behaviour

Chiedu Eseadi, Chinyere A. Nwajiuba, Emenike N. Anyaegbunam, Paul N. Onwuasoanya, Michael Eskay, Oluchi Queen Onwudinjo, Rowland C. Uwakwe, Ngozi Awoke, Kelechi Mezieobi

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Objective: This research aimed to investigate the relationship between exposure to violent media contents and aggressive behaviour among in-school adolescents. Method: The study adopted a correlational research design. The study respondents were 603 in-school adolescents. Selfreport questionnaires were used for data collection (Violent Media Contents Questionnaire and In-School Adolescents' Aggressive Behaviour Questionnaire). The data collected were interpreted using simple linear regression statistics. Results: The results indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between exposure to violent media contents and aggressive behaviour among in-school adolescents, R² =.67, F(1, 602) = 1232.849, β = .82, p < .001. Conclusion: Schooling adolescents should be given proper and adequate guidance on media content use to enable them to overcome the negative consequences of excessive exposure such as aggression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	342-343
Number of pages	2
Journal	International Medical Journal
Volume	27
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aggressive behaviour
In-school adolescents
Violent media contents

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General Medicine

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