Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to examine the relationships between sensation seeking, aggression, and the desire to use violent entertainment media; movie, song and game. Participants were two hundred and fifty high school students. The design was a two sensation seeking level (high vs.low) x two aggression level (high vs.low), with 53, 55, 56 and 56 students in a respective group. All students viewed different violent movies, songs, and games, then responded on scales measuring desire toward using violent entertainment media. Results are as follows: 1. High sensation seeking and high aggression students desire to see violent movies, to listen to violent songs, and to play violent games significantly more than high sensation seeking and low aggression students, low sensation seeking and high aggression students, and low sensation seeking and low aggression students. 2. Sensation seeking has a significant positive correlation with aggression (r=.16, p<.01)