Differential Gender Effects of Exposure to Rap Music on African American Adolescents' Acceptance of Teen Dating Violence

Assessed the effects of exposure to nonviolent rap videos on black adolescents' perceptions of teen dating violence. Results from 60 black adolescents and teenagers indicate a significant interaction between gender and video exposure: male acceptance of the use of violence was not a function of...

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Published in:Sex roles 1995-10, Vol.33 (7-8), p.597-605
Main Author: Johnson, James D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Black people
Black Youth
Comparative Analysis
Dating
Dating (Social)
Developmental psychology
Factors
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Gender Issues
Inner City
Males
Mass Media Effects
Mass Media Violence
Media Exposure
Minority Groups
Music
North Carolina
Personal relationships
Popular Culture
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Rap Music
Sex Differences
Sexes
Social Science Research
Studies
Teenagers
Urban Youth
Videotape Recordings
Violence
Young people
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Summary:Assessed the effects of exposure to nonviolent rap videos on black adolescents' perceptions of teen dating violence. Results from 60 black adolescents and teenagers indicate a significant interaction between gender and video exposure: male acceptance of the use of violence was not a function of viewing the videos, whereas video-viewing females showed greater acceptance of the violence than females who were not exposed. (GR)
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/BF01544683