Television viewing and aggressive behavior during adolescence
Abstract
Introduction: Children spend a lot of time watching television and a great deal of what they see portrays violence. Time spent watching television during preschool years has been found to predict antisocial behavior at ages 6 to 11 years and viewing time in adolescence and early adulthood has been shown to be associated with subsequent aggression.
Material and methods: We assessed 300 adolescent boys and girls of urban slum area, Bhopal of age 10-14 years with regression analysis to investigate the association between television viewing hours and criminal convictions and aggressive personality trait.
Results: Adolescence who had spent more time watching television was significantly more likely to have a criminal conviction. The associations were statistically significant after controlling for sex, IQ, socioeconomic status, previous antisocial behavior and parental control.
Conclusion: More time spent watching television in childhood and adolescence is associated with antisocial behavior in early adulthood. We believe that identifying ways to reduce children’s and adolescents’ television viewing should be considered a priority for public health.
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