傳媒暴力研究學者Rowell Huesmann指出「引起嚴重的攻擊性,是來自原有的複雜因素加上觸媒」[7][2]。也有許多以其他看待攻擊行為的存在觀點,例如攻擊行為來自生理或基因(see the work of Hare, 1993, Larsson, Andershed, & Lichtenstein, In Press, among others),也有學者認為攻擊行為可以解釋為演化心理學的反應。[8]。
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