Table 4.

Correlations Between Media Violence Exposure, Trait Aggression, Trait Arousability, Aggressive Norms, Self-Reported Arousal From Violent Clip, and Situational Aggression (N = 303)

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Media violence exposure	—	.18**	.04	.06	.13†	−.03	−.21*	.09	.11
2. Trait aggression	.18†	—	.21**	49***	.00	.05	−.15*	.18**	.12†
3. Trait arousability	−.18†	.09	—	.11	−.21**	.15*	.02	−.03	.11
4. Aggressive norms	.26*	.38***	.04	—	.01	.10	−.08	.18*	.26***
5. Pleasant arousal from violent clip	.30**	.27**	.06	.08	—	−.43***	.17*	.07	.03
6. Anxious arousal from violent clip	−.19†	−.03	.30**	−.06	−.39***	—	.12†	−.11	−.01
7. Log RT aggressive wordsa	−.19†	−.14	.11	−.18	−.11	−.08	—	−.03	−.08
8. Unprovoked aggression	−.03	.17	.09	.01	−.08	−.14	−.09	—	.59***
9. Provoked aggression	−.07	.10	.05	−.11	.12	.03	−.09	.54***	—

Note. Men (N= 215) are above and women (N= 88) are below the diagonal. RT = reaction time.

^aControlled for nonaggressive words and nonwords.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.