Violent Media in Childhood and Seriously Violent Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To quantify the relative odds of self-reported seriously violent behavior in adolescence and young adulthood given one's self-reported violent media diet in childhood.

Methods

Baseline data were collected nationally online from 1,586 youth 10-15 years of age in 2006. Follow-up data were collected in 2010-2011 and 2016. Children reported the amount of music, video games, television, websites with real people, and cartoons that depicted "physical fighting, hurting, shooting, or killing." Seriously violent behavior was assessed 5 and 10 years later.

Results

887 adolescents completed the survey at baseline and 5-year follow-up. The relative odds of reporting seriously violent behavior over time were 2.45-fold higher (p < .001) with each incremental increase in one

SUBMITTER: Ybarra ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10177625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature