Received 7 June 2006; received in revised form 16 March 2007; accepted 30 April 2007. published online 28 August 2007.
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First Do No Harm: Why Have Parents and Pediatricians Missed the Boat on Children and Media?
Victor C. Strasburger
The Journal of Pediatrics
October 2007 (Vol. 151, Issue 4, Pages 334-336) Full Text |
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Associations between Media Viewing and Language Development in Children Under Age 2 Years
, 08 August 2007
Frederick J. Zimmerman, Dimitri A. Christakis, Andrew N. Meltzoff
The Journal of Pediatrics
October 2007 (Vol. 151, Issue 4, Pages 364-368) Abstract |
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Objective
To assess associations among youth television (TV) viewing and parental TV viewing, parental knowledge of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations to limit children’s TV viewing time to ≤2 hours per day (knowledge), and parental limits on the frequency of children’s TV viewing (rules).
Study design
Adult participants in the 2002 Styles surveys answered questions about their weekly TV viewing, knowledge, and rules. TV viewing time of children of the adult participants (520 boys and 525 girls) age 10 to 18 years was also collected. Associations between hours of child TV viewing and parental TV viewing, parental knowledge, and parental rules were quantified using linear regression techniques.
Results
Variables included in multivariate regression models accounted for 8% to 18% of the variance in TV viewing among boys and girls. Parent TV viewing was significantly associated with TV viewing in 10- to 12-year-old and 16- to 18-year-old boys and girls. Knowledge was not associated with TV viewing in boys and girls in this sample. Rules were associated with TV viewing in boys and girls of all ages.
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that parental TV viewing and rules limiting their child’s TV time may play an important role in children’s weekly TV viewing time.
aProgram in Nutrition and Health Sciences, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
bDivision of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
cDivision of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
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