Television viewing habits, and other characteristics of normally aggressive and non-aggressive children

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11510689
AutoresJoan Langham (Newcastle University, autor de correspondencia), Warren Stewart (0000-0003-0760-8097, Newcastle University)
Año1981
Volumen16
Número1
Páginas123-133
Fecha de publicación1981-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0005-0067 • E-ISSN: 1742-9544
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00050068108254421
OpenAlexW2166388280
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas6

Normally aggressive children were found to have quite different TV viewing habits to non-aggressive children. They preferred violent programs and characters, stayed up later, and typically their homes received a wider range of commercial TV stations. When asked to write about their favourite character, they saw him as being more physically violent, whereas non-aggressive children saw him as more empathic. Aggressive children also had more unskilled fathers, more fathers absent from home, and achieved in class at a lower standard. The results show that aggressive children have a different life style from non-aggressive children; it is suggested that the technique of examining viewing habits of preselected groups of children be further utilized in assessing the influence of TV viewing on aggressiveness

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