We investigated ADHD symptoms and CU traits as predictors of violent media use in adolescence, controlling for delinquency and ODD symptoms. The effects on of disinhibition and arousal to negative stimuli, core characteristics of ADHD symptoms and CU traits, and of gender were investigated. At age 15, 88 adolescents, 50 % boys reported on CU traits, ADHD symptoms and delinquency. Parents rated the adolescents’ CU traits, ADHD‐ and ODD symptoms. At age 16, adolescents reported on their media habits and performed tests of disinhibition and arousal to negative stimuli. Boys had higher levels of CU traits and violent media use and girls had higher levels of arousal to negative pictures. CU traits and inattention symptoms predicted violent media use, the latter association applying only to boys, with CU traits being the strongest predictor. Low arousal to threat pictures explained variance in violent media use, above CU traits. Attraction to violent media seems affected by problem behaviors, with CU traits coming forth as especially important.

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多动症的症状和残酷的情绪低落特征可预测青春期使用暴力媒体

我们调查了ADHD症状和CU特性，作为预测青少年使用暴力媒体的指标，可控制犯罪行为和ODD症状。研究了去抑制和唤起对负面刺激，注意力缺陷多动症症状，铜质性状以及性别的影响。15岁时有88名青少年，50％的男孩报告了CU特质，ADHD症状和犯罪。父母对青少年的CU特征，ADHD和ODD症状进行了评分。青少年在16岁时报告了自己的媒体习惯，并进行了抑制和激发负面刺激的测试。男孩具有较高的CU特征和暴力媒体使用水平，女孩具有较高的唤起负面图片的能力。CU特质和注意力不集中的症状预示着暴力媒体的使用，后者的关联仅适用于男孩，CU特质是最强的预测指标。对威胁图片的低唤起解释了使用CU特质以外的暴力媒体使用的差异。暴力媒体的吸引力似乎受问题行为的影响，而CU特质的出现尤其重要。