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The aim of this present study was to investigate the effects of violent song on aggressive thoughts and feelings. The present study also hoped to answer whether males or females will show higher level of state hostility when they were assigned to listened to song with violent lyrics. In this research, 11 male and 30 female students from Help University College were recruited. The participants were assigned to listen to a song with violent lyrics or song with non-violent lyrics and were asked to complete State Hostility Scale (SHS; Anderson, Deuser, & DeNeve, 1995) after the song was over. The result showed that the participants, both male and female, who exposed to song with violent lyrics, scored higher level of state hostility than the participants who exposed to song with non-violent lyrics. The present study also found that male participants who listened to violent song indicated a higher level of state hostility than female participants who listened to violent song.......

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