Study links violent TV, attention problems
November 5th, 2007From the Associated Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Every hour per day that kids under 3 watched violent entertainment their risk doubled for attention problems five years later, says a study published in the journal Pediatrics. The study, by University of Washington researchers, did not find attention problems associated with educational programs like “Arthur” and “Blue’s Clues”.
Previous research and news reports on TV’s effects have tended to view television as a single entity, without regard to content. But “the reality is that it’s not inherently good or bad. It really depends on what they watch,” said Dr. Dimitri Christakis, who co-authored the study.
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