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Viewing Movie Violence & Interest in Guns

NCT03220412 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2019-06-03

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Summary

More American children die by accidental gun use than children in other developed countries. One factor that can influence children's interest in guns is exposure to media containing guns. The objective of this study is to test whether children who see a movie containing guns will handle a real gun longer and will pull the trigger more times than children who see the same movie without guns.

Conditions

  • Psychology, Social
  • Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Movies with Guns

Participants in this arm viewed movies (National Treasure, The Rocketeer) without guns. The movies, rated PG, were edited to remove guns from the scenes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brad J Bushman, PhD · The Ohio State Universit

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-15
Primary Completion
2016-01-01
Completion
2016-01-01

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