Social Aggression In Children

Aggression in children can be linked to many different things. In this review there will be many studies either supporting or opposing my own opinions and hypothesis. I believe there is a direct link in the aggressive violence children watch on television and how they act in real life. A child will learn from what he or she is shown, therefore television has a large impact on a child’s behavior today. It is known you should not let your children watch anything violent or aggressive on television. It could increase the risks of that child from becoming aggressive later on in life. Coyne (2016) makes her argument that children can be at risk of short-term and even long-term risks when exposed to violence on television. She began the study in …show more content…
In Nicole Martins and Barbara Wilson’s (2012) study they used a connection between physical aggression and social aggression, which tied those results to violent television. Wilson and Martins were looking to connect the theory that television can lead to social aggression, which would lead to physical aggression. Aggression was only found in girls and not in boys (Martins & Wilson, 2012). This led to a conclusion that their hypothesis relied on the sex of the participant. The main limitation found in this study was that it did not occur over a period of time so there is no evidence to assess aggressive behavior over time. I found strength in this study. Martins and Wilson treated girls and boys as different subjects rather than keeping them as a whole like the other studies had. Boys and girls are different in their ways of aggression; girls are more socially aggressive, while boys are more physically aggressive (Martins & Wilson, 2012). I feel confident in saying that boys and girls should be kept separate when conducting these studies do to the opposite nature each sex …show more content…
There were statistical differences between boys and girls in the authors’ study. The habit of aggression is still connected to violent television. Boys imitate more aggression than do girls (Eron, Lefkowitz, Huesmann & Walder, 1972). These authors analyzed every possibility, discovering aggression seen on television cannot be the sole reason children act aggressive later on in life, but economic status, family life, and race all play a role as well. These findings potentially help my study by giving me the information and limitations I need in order to get the most accurate results. The limitation I saw, but was not included was the age range they used. They used older children when I believe they should have started at a younger age when television would have been a main source of