Family television viewing habits and the spontaneous play of preschool children.
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 46 (3) , 496-502
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00949.x
Abstract
In the course of an experimental study of effects of television on imagination and emotion in nursery school children, interviews and questionnaire responses concerning viewing habits were obtained from 70 parents. Group consultations were initiated to help parents understand television's impact on children and to develop methods for controlling family viewing patterns.Keywords
Funding Information
- Yale Child Study Center
- Yale Institute of Social and Policy Studies
- Family Communications, Inc.
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