Associations between content types of early media exposure and subsequent attentional problems

被引:207
作者
Zimmerman, Frederick J.
Christakis, Dimitri A.
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Inst Child Hlth, Seattle, WA 98115 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Hlth Serv, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[3] Univ Washington, Dept Pediat, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[4] Childrens Hosp & Reg Med Ctr, Seattle Childrens Res Inst, Seattle, WA USA
关键词
television; media; attention problems; ADHD; executive function;
D O I
10.1542/peds.2006-3322
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
OBJECTIVE. Television and video/DVD viewing among very young children has become both pervasive and heavy. Previous studies have reported an association between early media exposure and problems with attention regulation but did not have data on the content type that children watched. We tested the hypothesis that early television viewing of 3 content types is associated with subsequent attentional problems. The 3 different content types are educational, nonviolent entertainment, and violent entertainment. METHODS. Participants were children in a nationally representative sample collected in 1997 and reassessed in 2002. The analysis was a logistic regression of a high score on a validated parent-reported measure of attentional problems, regressed on early television exposure by content and several important sociodemographic control variables. RESULTS. Viewing of educational television before age 3 was not associated with attentional problems 5 years later. However, viewing of either violent or nonviolent entertainment television before age 3 was significantly associated with subsequent attentional problems, and the magnitude of the association was large. Viewing of any content type at ages 4 to 5 was not associated with subsequent problems. CONCLUSIONS. The association between early television viewing and subsequent attentional problems is specific to noneducational viewing and to viewing before age 3.
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页码:986 / 992
页数:7
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