Trait empathy suggests that individual differences may play a critical role in determining specific reactions of children to media violence (Sharrer 296 . For children , who display stronger capacities to take into account the feelings of other people appear more resistant to the negativity of TV violence and are thus less likely to develop aggressive responses to violent TV scenes (Sharrer 302 . Nevertheless , even for children with better capacities for sympathy , heavy doses of violent news inevitably lead to weaker emotional...











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