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Watching violent movies increases violent behavior.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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3 sources for · 2 against

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Is it true that watching violent movies increases violent behavior?

Partly. The retrieved items offer only partial and indirect coverage: a small study of first-grade wrestling viewers and a study of animated movies in Pakistani schoolchildren report links to aggression, while meta-analytic work on violent video games and a violence textbook report minimal or no real-world effect. No item directly settles whether watching violent movies increases violent behavior in general.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 3 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 3
Professional Wrestling: Can Watching It Bring Out Aggressive and Violent Behaviors in Children?
1999
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Caroline, O. (1999). Professional Wrestling: Can Watching It Bring Out Aggressive and Violent Behaviors in Children?. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED431526

Evidence against · 2
Do violent video games cause violent behavior?
2011
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Do violent video games cause violent behavior?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/598/do-violent-video-games-cause-violent-behavior

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Effects of Animated Movies on the Aggression and Behavior Performance of Primary School Students and Their Control Using a Cognitive Behavioral Anger-Control Training (CBACT) Program
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Effects of Animated Movies on the Aggression and Behavior Performance of Primary School Students and Their Control Using a Cognitive Behavioral Anger-Control Training (CBACT) Program. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13080659

Analysis of EEG for Differently Rated Movies
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Analysis of EEG for Differently Rated Movies. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.24466/pacbfsa.28.0_19

More against · 1
Violence
2016
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Alvarez, A. & Bachman, R. (2016). Violence. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=OCJuDQAAQBAJ&dq=Watching+violent+movies+increases+violent+behavior.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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