Mental Health Effects of Internet Violence on Children

本申请是对疾病控制和预防中心RFA的回应，该中心达成了一项合作协议，研究接触媒体暴力与青年暴力之间的关联。我们建议对10-15岁的青年进行一次全国电话调查。将通过电话与青年及其父母联系，然后通过互联网进行访谈，并安排两次后续访谈。虽然对电视暴力进行了大量研究，但对新媒体，特别是互联网的关注要少得多。与其他媒体接触相比，互联网接触可能对年轻人的攻击性和暴力行为产生更大的影响， 所涉及的高度互动性、逼真的图形和其他视觉刺激。由于这是一项年轻人可以大量使用的新兴技术，因此拟议的研究对公共卫生政策和实践具有重要意义。 我们建议对1,400个家庭进行研究，其中包括一名照顾者和一名年龄在10-15岁之间的互联网用户。将在两年时间内的三个时间点收集数据。将通过随机数字拨号确定参与者，然后引导他们进入互联网网站回答调查。这种方法结合了电话和网络调查的优点，产生的结果最大限度地提高了代表性，同时最大限度地减少了答复偏差。接触暴力新媒体和攻击行为之间的关系将在基线访谈后监测两年。我们假设儿童和 与其他儿童和青少年相比，使用暴力媒体（包括暴力网站和视频/电脑游戏）的青少年随着时间的推移会表现出更多的暴力和攻击性行为。此外，我们还发现，性别、特质攻击等个体因素以及目睹暴力等情境因素将是理解暴力媒体与暴力行为之间关系的重要组成部分。

This application is in response to the RFA from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a cooperative agreement for research on the association between exposure to media violence and youth violence. We are proposing to conduct a national telephone survey of youth ages 10-15. Youth and their parents will be contacted by telephone and then interviewed through the Internet with two follow-up interviews scheduled. Although much research has been conducted with respect to television violence, much less attention has been paid to new medias, especially the Internet. It is likely that Internet exposures have a greater effect on aggressive and violent behavior of young people than other media exposure because of the heightened interactivity involved, realistic graphics, and other visual stimulation. Because this is an emerging technology to which youth have significant access, the proposed study has important implications for public health policy and practice. We propose a study of 1,400 households, including one caregiver and one child ages 10-15 who is a user of the lnternet. Data will be collected at three time points over a two-year time period. Participants will be identified via random digit dialing and then directed to an Internet site to respond to the survey. This method marries the strengths of telephone and web-based surveys to produce results that maximize representativeness while minimizing response bias. The relationship between exposure to violent new media and aggressive behavior will be monitored for two years atter the baseline interview. We hypothesize that children and acolescents who utilize violent media, including violent web sites and video/computer games, will manifest more violent and aggressive behaviors over time compared to other children and adolescents. In addition, we hxpothesize that individual factors such as sex and trait-aggression, and contextual factors such as witnessing violence will be important components inunderstanding the association between violent media and violent behavior.