The effects of sexually arousing and violent films on aggressive behavior∗

Meyer, Timothy P.

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“…This finding was in contrast to previous results that showed main effects of the sex-aggression link for unselected samples (e.g., Jaffe et al, 1974;Meyer, 1972;Mussweiler & Förster, 2000). It is not easy to compare the results due to the different operationalizations used in these studies, but one possibility that might account for the differences could be societal change accompanied by corresponding individual mindsets.…”

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Exploring the Automatic Undercurrents of Sexual Narcissism: Individual Differences in the Sex-Aggression Link

2013

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Sexual narcissism has recently been proposed to be a specific risk factor for the perpetration of sexual coercion based on both self-reports of previous behavior and self-estimated likelihood of engaging in acts of sexual violence. To explore one of the potential underlying mechanisms of sexual narcissism, we tested whether for highly sexually narcissistic males the subtle priming of sexual concepts would evoke aggressive behavior in a standard measure of aggressive behavior, the Taylor Aggression Paradigm. Results showed that only for sexually narcissistic men did a subtle priming with mildly erotic words lead to an increase in shock volumes administered to the alleged competitor on this task. For women, it was postulated that physical force would not be represented as a functional behavioral script for sexually narcissistic females and, in line with this hypothesis, no effects were found for women. The results were discussed with regard to the underlying processes of sexual narcissism and the importance of an individual difference perspective in sex-aggression links.

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“…Meyer (1972) underscored contemporary fears about the unraveling effects of mass media violence and pornography by showing experimentally that provoked individuals returned more electric shocks to the instigator when they had watched a violent or sexually arousing film.…”

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Exploring the Automatic Undercurrents of Sexual Narcissism: Individual Differences in the Sex-Aggression Link

2013

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“…comparing the effect on aggressiveness of an erotic, entirely nonaggressive communication-depicting the tender precoital behavior of a young couple-with that of a neutral, nonaggressive, and nonerotic control communication, it was established that erotic stimuli can intensify post-exposure aggressiveness to a significant degree. Meyer (1972), comparing the effects of a stag film and a nonaggressive, nonerotic film, replicated this finding. However, the findings of the two studies are discrepant with ' regard to the relative strengths of the effects of erotic communications and aggressive communications, which were also included in both studies.…”

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Strength and Duration of the Effect of Aggressive,, Violent, and Erotic Communications On Subsequent Aggressive Behavior

Zillmann

Hoyt²,

Day

1974

Communication Research

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_ This study investigated the aggression-modifying, immediate effect on provoked individuals of exposure to a neutral, an aggressive, a violent, or an erotic communication. All communications were followed by a common, noninvolving, nonaggressive communication. Under these conditions, neither the effect of the aggressive nor that of the violent communication differed appreciably from the effect of the neutral communication. In contrast, the effect of the erotic communication significantly exceeded the effects of all other communications, yielding more intense aggressiveness. Measures of excitatory changes were also obtained. The differentiation of these measures coincided with the differentiation of measured aggressiveness, thus lending support for the excitation-transfer paradigm, which was employed as an explanatory mechanism. The relative strength and the short-lived nature of the aggression-enhancing immediate impact of aggressive and violent communications are discussed. -' nvestigations of the immediate impact of exposure to communication-mediated hostility and aggressiveness have shown that, under certain conditions, such materials can exert a pronounced effect on subsequent aggressive behavior. -at University of Wyoming Libraries on March 30, 2015 crx.sagepub.com Downloaded from

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“…Although the finding that aggression was reduced by mild as well as moderate degrees of sexual arousal both supports and extends the results of previous experiments conducted by the author (Baron, 1974;Baron & Bell, 1973), it contradicts the findings of other investigations which have reported that heightened sexual arousal may sometimes serve to enhance such behavior (e.g., Meyer, 1972;Zillman, 1971) . One possible explanation for these contrasting results may lie in the fact that Ss in these previous studies were exposed to a type of erotic stimuli which caused them to experience relatively high levels of sexual arousal (films of attractive young couples engaged in active lovemaking).…”

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Sexual arousal and physical aggression: The inhibiting influence of “cheesecake” and nudes

Baron

1974

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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faster and more completely than when appropriate eye fixations were not permitted. This tends to indicate that the role of eye fixation in the recall of spat ially organized imagery is analogou s to the role of eye fixation in perception. Male Ss participated in an experiment designed to investigate the hypothesis that mild levels of sexual arousal would serve to inhibit subsequent physical aggression. Consistent with this suggestion, Ss exposed to two types of erotic stimuli ("cheesecake" or nudes) directed shocks of significantly shorter duration to a confederate of the Ethan Ss exposed only to neutral pictures of scenery, furniture , and abstract art. An interpretation of these findings based on the suggestion that mild sexual arousal is pleasurable, and serves to induce considerable positive affect among Ss, was proposed. REFERENCES

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The effects of sexually arousing and violent films on aggressive behavior∗

Cited by 60 publications

References 2 publications

Exploring the Automatic Undercurrents of Sexual Narcissism: Individual Differences in the Sex-Aggression Link

Exploring the Automatic Undercurrents of Sexual Narcissism: Individual Differences in the Sex-Aggression Link

Strength and Duration of the Effect of Aggressive,, Violent, and Erotic Communications On Subsequent Aggressive Behavior

Sexual arousal and physical aggression: The inhibiting influence of “cheesecake” and nudes

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