Television, Imagination, and Aggression
A Study of Preschoolers
Published on 1. March 1981
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-89859-060-9 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 1981. This book presents a detailed account of a two-year study relating preschool children's home television-viewing patterns to their spontaneous behavior, play, aggression, and language use in nursery school settings. It also describes an attempt to modify children's viewing patterns and behavior through interventions with parents and special training procedures. This book will be of special interest to behavioral scientists and graduate students in the fields of child development and communication research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89859-060-9 (9780898590609)
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Content
Chapter 1 Television: Its Potential Role in the Cognitive and Emotional Development of the Child; Chapter 2 The Developmental Study: Participants, Variables, and Procedures; Chapter 3 A Year to Grow: Patterns of TV-Viewing, Behavior, and Language; Chapter 4 Dimensions of Spontaneous Play; Chapter 5 Imaginary Playmates; Chapter 6 Television-Viewing and Aggression Play Observations; Chapter 7 Family Interviews: Home Life Style, TV-Viewing, and Aggression; Chapter 8 Parent-Intervention Study: Rationale, Method, Results; Chapter 9 Television and Imagination: What We Have Learned and What Still Lies Ahead;