TITLE:
The Short-Term Effect of Online Violent Stimuli on Aggression
AUTHORS:
Jingjin Tian, Qian Zhang, Jian Cao, Philip Rodkin
KEYWORDS:
Violent Stimuli, Aggression, Undergraduates, Modified Stroop Task
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Medical Psychology,
Vol.5 No.2,
March
7,
2016
ABSTRACT: The significance of this study was to find
whether violent stimuli exposure could escalate the following levels of
aggression in order to better cultivate aggression education among contemporary
undergraduates in China. This study mainly tested the effects of violent
stimuli on aggression by employing modified Stroop task. A total of 188
undergraduates participated in this study. Results showed that undergraduates
exposing to violent stimuli exhibited high levels of aggression, whereas
undergraduates who exposed to non-violent stimuli displayed low levels of
aggression. Specifically, males, but not females, manifested high levels of
aggression after exposure to violent stimuli. Moreover, viewers with
high-aggressiveness (HA), but not with moderate-aggressiveness (MA) and
low-aggressiveness (LA), showed high levels of aggression after exposure to
violent stimuli via internet.