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Title: Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children
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Mehmet-Radji, Ozlem |
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Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children Child: Care, Health & Development 30,5 (September 2004): 559-561. Also: http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,uid&db=aph&an=14228391 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Children, Behavioral Development; Television Viewing Cross-sectional research has suggested that television viewing may be associated with decreased attention spans in children. However, longitudinal data of early television exposure and subsequent attentional problems have been lacking. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that early television exposure (at ages 1 and 3) is associated with attentional problems at age 7. We used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a representative longitudinal data set. Our main outcome was the hyperactivity subscale of the Behavioural Problems Index determined on all participants at age 7. Children who were > 1.2 standard deviations above the mean were classified as having attentional problems. Our main predictor was hours of television watched daily at ages 1 and 3 years. Data were available for 1278 children at age 1 and 1345 children at age 3. Ten percent of children had attentional problems at age 7. In a logistic regression model, hours of television viewing per day at both ages 1 and 3 were associated with attentional problems at age 7 [1.09 (1.03--1.15) and 1.09 (1.02--1.16), respectively]. Early television exposure is associated with attentional problems at age 7. Efforts to limit television viewing in early childhood may be warranted, and additional research is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Bibliography Citation
Mehmet-Radji, Ozlem. "Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children." Child: Care, Health & Development 30,5 (September 2004): 559-561.
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