Gangsta rap music and conduct disorder

Does Rap Put Teens at Risk?
Study: Association Found Between Video Viewing Time and Risky Behaviors
By Sid Kirchheimer
WebMD Health News

Three times more likely to hit a teacher
Over 2.5 times more likely to get arrested
Twice as likely to have multiple sexual partners
1.5 times more likely to get a sexually transmitted disease, use drugs, or drink alcohol.


"What is particularly alarming about our findings is that we didn't find an association with just violence or one or two risky behaviors," says researcher Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, of Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. "We found an association with a string of these behaviors."

This is On webMd !!
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030303 ... ns-at-risk

Lets see some debate on this,

Correlation does not equal causation.

It could be that listening to rap can cause CD.

It could be that CD can cause listening to rap.

It could be that both are caused by the same underlying factor (such as poverty, race, living in certain neighborhoods).

We can't tell which of those three options is correct based on that data.