Is the Association between Children's Baby Video Viewing and Poor Language Development Robust? A Reanalysis of Zimmerman, Christakis, and Meltzoff (2007)

Autor/inn/en	Ferguson, Christopher J.; Donnellan, M. Brent
Titel	Is the Association between Children's Baby Video Viewing and Poor Language Development Robust? A Reanalysis of Zimmerman, Christakis, and Meltzoff (2007)
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 1, S.129-137 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0033628
Schlagwörter	Language Acquisition; Replication (Evaluation); Caregivers; Predictor Variables; Parent Child Relationship; Demography; Critical Viewing; Effect Size; Visual Learning; Child Development; Interaction; Mass Media Effects; Television Viewing; Participant Characteristics; Infants; Correlation; Scores; Regression (Statistics); Age Differences; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Data Analysis; Statistical Significance; Least Squares Statistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Prädiktor; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Demografie; Fernsehkritik; Visual education; Visuelles Lernen; Kindesentwicklung; Interaktion; Fernsehkonsum; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Auswertung
Abstract	Zimmerman, Christakis, and Meltzoff (2007) reported that exposure to Baby Einstein videos was negatively associated with language development. The current study uses the Zimmerman et al. (2007) data set to replicate and extend the original analyses. Caregivers of 392 children aged 6 to 16 months and 358 children aged 17 to 27 months reported on media exposure, language development, and control variables related to child/parent interaction and demographic characteristics. Results indicated that exposure to baby videos could be construed as positive, neutral, or negative depending upon the statistical analysis. The effect size estimates were generally negligible across analyses. Exposure to educational programming tended to be positively related to language development. Infants exposed to no media actually had lower levels of language development compared to infants with some exposure. Given these results, the Zimmerman et al. (2007) data set does not permit strong inferences about a connection between exposure to media and language development in young children. These results also highlight recent concerns over methodological flexibility and the possibility of increased Type I errors (false positives) in the psychological literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01