Media Impact on Preschool Behavior

媒体对学前行为的影响

基本信息

批准号：
7466877
负责人：
DIMITRI A CHRISTAKIS
金额：
$ 56.83万
依托单位：
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-08-20 至 2012-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Considerable research has established the adverse effects of violent television programming on children's level of aggression. Research has also established that certain types of media programming can actually promote prosocial behavior. Unfortunately, the current viewing habits of most preschoolers lean heavily towards inappropriate programming at the expense of higher quality shows. This study will attempt to improve the TV diet of preschool children, without increasing overall viewing time. Keeping in mind the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for screen time in this age group, we will test an intervention to assist parents in making conscious and informed decisions regarding the media content to which their young children are exposed. This primary prevention effort will focus on young children, in an attempt to avert the emergence of violent behavior patterns later in youth and adolescence. The age of 3-5 is carefully chosen for this intervention because of the ready availability of prosocial content for young children, with known benefits for encouraging prosocial behavior; because of the heavy diet of aggressive and violent content that children in this age range actually watch; because young children may be especially vulnerable to the effects of viewing upon behavior and because despite the obvious promise of early interventions to set good behavioral patterns early, there is a dearth of research in this area. In doing so, we have three specific aims: Aim 1: To improve the quality of television viewing H1a. Children in the intervention arm will watch fewer hours of aggressive programming per week than children in the control arm H1b Children in the intervention arm will watch more hours of prosocial television than children in the control arm Aim 2: To decrease aggression in the intervention arm H2. Children in the intervention arm exhibit less aggression than children in the control arm Aim 3: To increase prosocial behavior in the intervention arm H3 Children in the intervention arm will exhibit more prosocial behavior than children in the control arm. Media Impact Project Narrative Using no more than 2 or 3 sentences, describe the relevance of the research to public health. Be succinct and use plain language that can be understood by a general, lay audience. The types of programming young children watch has been shown to affect their behavior. This project will attempt to improve the media diet of young children by decreasing the amount of violence they watch and increasing the amount of prosocial programming. The goal will be to determine if this makes a positive difference in their behavior.

描述（由申请人提供）：大量研究已经确定暴力电视节目对儿童攻击性程度的不利影响。研究还表明，某些类型的媒体节目实际上可以促进亲社会行为。不幸的是，大多数学龄前儿童目前的观看习惯严重倾向于不适当的节目，而牺牲了更高质量的节目。这项研究将尝试在不增加总观看时间的情况下改善学龄前儿童的电视饮食习惯。牢记美国儿科学会关于该年龄段屏幕时间的建议，我们将测试一项干预措施，以帮助父母就其幼儿接触的媒体内容做出有意识和明智的决定。这项初级预防工作将重点关注幼儿，试图避免青少年后期出现暴力行为模式。此项干预的对象是 3-5 岁，因为幼儿可以随时获得亲社会内容，并且已知对鼓励亲社会行为有好处；因为这个年龄段的孩子实际上大量观看攻击性和暴力内容；因为幼儿可能特别容易受到观看行为的影响，而且因为尽管早期干预显然有望尽早建立良好的行为模式，但该领域的研究仍然匮乏。在此过程中，我们有三个具体目标：目标 1：提高电视观看质量 H1a。干预组中的儿童每周观看攻击性节目的时间将少于对照组的儿童 H1b 干预组中的儿童将比对照组中的儿童观看更多小时的亲社会电视目标 2：减少干预组中的攻击性 H2 。干预组中的儿童比对照组中的儿童表现出更少的攻击性目标 3：增加干预组中的亲社会行为 H3 干预组中的儿童将比对照组中的儿童表现出更多的亲社会行为。媒体影响项目叙述使用不超过 2 或 3 个句子来描述研究与公共卫生的相关性。简洁并使用一般非专业观众可以理解的简单语言。幼儿观看的节目类型已被证明会影响他们的行为。该项目将尝试通过减少幼儿观看的暴力内容并增加亲社会节目的数量来改善幼儿的媒体饮食。目标是确定这是否会对他们的行为产生积极的影响。