For instance, the cartoon Beavis and Butthead on MTV in the United States was widely criticized for depicting the cartoon characters shaped like cigarettes. ... The children thought that the girl would later get up because in the show the characters never die. ... As a result, the boys were significantly more aggressive than the girls. ... It is generally agreed that boys are more naturally aggressive than girls. ... He concluded that boys were significantly more aggressive than girls after watching violent shows. ...

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Video games have become more refined, more realistic, and more gruesome than ever. A large amount of developmental and psychological research has focused on the relationship between violent video games and the negative outcomes among children and adolescents, such as aggression, hostility, anti-soci...

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Research reports are divided on the causes of school violence. Some refer to family situations. They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather th...

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