A longitudinal research study that followed 430 elementary schoolchildren from the third grade to the fifth grade and tracked their use of verbal, relational, and physical aggression found:
A) no relationship between violent media consumption and aggressive behavior
B) that higher violent media consumption early in the school year predicted higher rates of all three kinds of aggression
C) that higher violent media consumption increased both aggressive and prosocial each year of the study
D) a causal link between media consumption and prosocial behavior

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The study found that higher violent media consumption early in the school year predicted higher rates of verbal, relational, and physical aggression in the third to fifth grade students. There was no mention of a causal link between media consumption and prosocial behavior, and option C appears to be contradictory in stating that higher violent media consumption increased both aggressive and prosocial behavior. Option A is not supported by the study findings.

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