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Huesmann et al., 2003
Method
longitudinal study, including a meta-analysis of the data.
the original study was conducted upon 557 children, and the follow-up study was conducted on the same individuals, now as young adults
Results + implications
Results
for both genders, childhood TV-violence viewing correlated significantly with young adult aggression 15 years late
childhood perceptions that TV-violence reflects real life and childhood identification with same-sex aggressive TV characters significantly correlated with adult aggression 15 years later
the results suggest that the parent factors probably do not account by themselves for the longitudinal relations between TV-violence viewing and later aggression
Implications
social learning appeared to account for aggressive behaviour in young adulthood, as a result of TV-violence viewing, and there were no gender differences in the findings
Strengths + limitations
Strengths
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supports Bandura's findings, and social learning theory in general
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Limitations
The study was based in Chicago, in an individualist culture, so results may not be generalisable to other cultural contexts
Aim
to investigate the relationship between children's exposure to TV violence and later aggressive and violent behaviour in young adulthood
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