Abstract

Previous research shows that consuming violent media can lead to increased aggression in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Several other factors also contribute to such behaviors but have not been thoroughly studied including implicit beliefs about aggression in relation to media content. This two-part study consists of (1) an exploratory iterated principal-factor method to create an implicit belief measure about consuming violent media in conjunction with correlational analyses and (2) between subjects hierarchical linear regression models to determine what effects implicit beliefs have on subsequent aggression after participants view either a violent of nonviolent video, while controlling for violent media consumption and trait aggression, and accounting for desensitization. The first study successfully indicates which characteristics could be sued to define the implicit belief measure. The second study indicates that implicit beliefs about consuming violent media can affect aggressive outcomes moderated through desensitization and biological sex. The present study supports the assertion that implicit beliefs can affect aggressive outcomes but contradicts originally hypotheses.

Degree

PhD

College and Department

Family, Home, and Social Sciences; Psychology

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Date Submitted

2024-04-18

Document Type

Dissertation

Handle

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd13157

Keywords

implicit beliefs, aggression, desensitization

Language

english

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