Abstract

The major purpose of this study is to explore the basic mechanism of the aggression script by the aggressive films. This script will function in different ways between the aggressive and the no-aggressive subjects. The number of subjects are 117 fifth grade pupils and 113 high school juniors. The aggressive group and non-aggressive group are classified in terms of the two criteria ; self-rating scores and ratings by their teachers. An edited aggressive film of 9 minutes long was presented in the aggressive film condition, and landscape of tourism film was presented for the non-aggressive film conditions. Then three ambiguous situations were used as response stimuli and the subjects are arranged to judge the intention of the other party in the situation, and to produce the most available and effective alternatives. The experimental design is 2(film)×2(age of the subjects)×2(degree of aggressiveness) between subject design. The characteristics and the contents of the aggressive script in the children and adolescents were measured and analyzed. In the adolescents group, the more aggressive the subjects were, the more diverse patterns of aggressive behavior they produced. The responses were classified and the older the subjects are, the more responses in the personal and physical aggression, verbal aggression, aggression against the things and materials, and in the aggressive posture and facial expression. And also the aggressive subjects demonstrated more non-specific aggressive responses. This implies that comparing with the non-aggressive subjects, the aggressive subjects have richer aggressive script.