Violent movie contents and manifestation of aggressive behavior among secondary school students in Bauchi metropolitan, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior among secondary school students in Gamawa, Bauchi State, Nigeria. Three hypotheses were tested to guide the study. The research was conducted in two selected secondary schools in Gamawa local government area, Bauchi State, eighty (80) participants made of 38 female and 42 males
were drawn from student population to get responses on the influence of violent movies and subsequent aggression that manifest as behaviour. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent Sample t-test were used to analyses the data. Results obtained indicates that there is significant relationship between violent movie contents and subsequent manifestation of
aggression in children’s behavior at 0.259, p<0.05. The results further indicates that female students exposed to violent media contents depicts higher levels of aggression than their male counterparts at -2.103, p < 0.05. Overall, the result suggests that, anti-social behavior such as stealing, cheating, smoking, rape, fighting is found among children who are exposed to violent media violent.