Parental Mediation as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Violent Media Contents Exposure and Aggressive Behaviour of In-School Adolescents

Emenike N. Anyaegbunam, Chiedu Eseadi, Chinyere Augusta Nwajiuba, Paul N. Onwuasoanya, Oluchi Queen Onwudinjo, Rowland C. Uwakwe, Rowland C. Uwakwe, Ngozi Awoke, Iheanacho Christian Agboti, Bartholomew C. Nwefuru and Moses O. Ede

Global Journal of Health Science, 2019, vol. 11, issue 14, 1

Abstract: This study, through a correlational survey of 603 adolescent students in Onitsha Education Zone of Anambra State, Nigeria, aimed to find out if parental mediation is a moderator of the relationship between violent media contents exposure and aggressive behaviour. The researchers used Violent Media Contents Questionnaire and In-School Adolescents’ Aggressive Behaviour Questionnaire for data collection. To analyze the data collected, the researchers used Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and simple linear regression statistics. Results showed that the extent to which parental mediation moderates the relationship between violent media contents exposure and aggressive behaviour among in-school adolescents was very high. It was also found that parental mediation significantly moderates the relationship between violent media contents exposure and aggressive behaviour among in-school adolescents. Therefore, parents could play an active role in managing and regulating in-school adolescent’s media contents consumption and invariably influence the extent they display aggressive behaviour.

Date: 2019
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