The Effects of Background Television on the Toy Play Behavior of Very Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt, Marie Evans; Pempek, Tiffany A.; Kirkorian, Heather L.; Lund, Anne Frankenfield; Anderson, Daniel R.
Titel	The Effects of Background Television on the Toy Play Behavior of Very Young Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 79 (2008) 4, S.1137-1151 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01180.x
Schlagwörter	Play; Toys; Cognitive Development; Toddlers; Television Research; Television Viewing; Child Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Toy; Spielzeug; Kognitive Entwicklung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Fernsehkonsum
Abstract	This experiment tests the hypothesis that background, adult television is a disruptive influence on very young children's behavior. Fifty 12-, 24-, and 36-month-olds played with a variety of toys for 1 hr. For half of the hour, a game show played in the background on a monaural TV set. During the other half hour, the TV was off. The children looked at the TV for only a few seconds at a time and less than once per minute. Nevertheless, background TV significantly reduced toy play episode length as well as focused attention during play. Thus, background television disrupts very young children's play behavior even when they pay little overt attention to it. These findings have implications for subsequent cognitive development. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10