Impact of Real Life and Media Violence: Relationships Between Violence Exposure, Aggression, Hostility, and Empathy Among High School Students and...

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The present study explored the effects of real life and media violence exposure on two populations, 216 high school students (109 girls) and 96 adolescents (13 girls) detained in a juvenile detention center. Participants completed seven self-report instruments measuring exposure to real life and media violence, psychopathology, hostile attributions, aggression, empathy, and social desirability. Due to the differences in the samples, results were analyzed separately.

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