TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krahé, Barbara
A1  - Möller, Ingrid
T1  - Links between self-reported media violence exposure and teacher ratings of aggression and prosocial behavior among German adolescents
JF  - Journal of adolescence
N2  - The relations between adolescents' habitual usage of media violence and their tendency to engage in aggressive and prosocial behavior in a school setting were examined in a cross-sectional study with 1688 7th and 8th graders in Germany who completed measures of violent media exposure and normative acceptance of aggression. For each participant, ratings of prosocial and aggressive behavior were obtained from their class teacher. Media violence exposure was a unique predictor of teacher-rated aggression even when relevant covariates were considered, and it predicted prosocial behavior over and above gender. Path analyses confirmed a direct positive link from media violence usage to teacher-rated aggression for girls and boys, but no direct negative link to prosocial behavior was found. Indirect pathways were identified to higher aggressive and lower prosocial behavior via the acceptance of aggression as normative. Although there were significant gender differences in media violence exposure, aggression, and prosocial behavior, similar path models were identified for boys and girls.
KW  - Media violence
KW  - Aggressive behavior
KW  - Prosocial behavior
KW  - Aggressive norms
KW  - Teacher ratings
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.003
SN  - 0140-1971
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
SP  - 279
EP  - 287
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  -