Rejected by peers – Attracted to antisocial media content: Rejection-based anger impairs moral judgment among adolescents
| Autor: | X.S. Plaisier, Elly A. Konijn |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Communication Science, Network Institute, Communication Choices, Content and Consequences (CCCC), Centre for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Anger Models Psychological Morals Peer Group Developmental psychology Judgment Young Adult Value judgment Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Rejection (Psychology) Child Life-span and Life-course Studies Demography media_common Mass media Mood Disorders Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies) business.industry Peer group Antisocial Personality Disorder humanities Moral development Content analysis Female Rejection Psychology business Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Psychology, 49(6), 1165-1173. American Psychological Association Plaisier, X S & Konijn, E A 2013, ' Rejected by peers – Attracted to antisocial media content: Rejection-based anger impairs moral judgment among adolescents ', Developmental Psychology, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1165-1173 . https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029399 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0029399 |
| Popis: | Adolescence is an important developmental stage during which both peers and the media have a strong influence. Both peer rejection and the use of morally adverse media are associated with negative developmental outcomes. This study examines processes by which peer rejection might drive adolescents to select antisocial media content by tying together developmental research on peer rejection and research on media effects. Assumed underlying mechanisms are rejection-based anger and frustration and the adolescent's moral judgment. A between-participants experimental design manipulated peer rejection versus acceptance in adolescents (Mage 13.88 years; N 74) and young adults (Mage 21.37 years; N 75), applying the Cyberball paradigm. Measures included the State Anger Inventory (STAXI) to assess feelings of rejection and the newly devised Media, Morals, and Youth Questionnaire (MMaYQue) to assess media preferences and moral judgment of media content. Using bootstrapping analyses, a double mediation was established: Higher levels of state anger in peer-rejected adolescents induced more tolerable moral judgments of antisocial media content, subsequently instigating a preference for antisocial media content. In contrast, the young adult sample showed no relations between peer rejection and antisocial media preference. Results are discussed within a downward spiral framework of combined peer and media influences. © 2012 American Psychological Association. |
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