Early Exposure to Media Violence and Later Child Adjustment
Early Exposure to Media Violence and Later Child Adjustment
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DOI：
10.1097/dbp.0b013e31824eaab3
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发表时间：
2012-05-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Pagani, Linda S.
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作者：
Fitzpatrick, Caroline;Barnett, Tracie;Pagani, Linda S.
目的：儿童早期接触暴力媒体在多大程度上与随后的儿童功能不良有关，仍然令人不安。在这项研究中，我们研究了学龄前儿童接触父母通常所描述的暴力电视节目是否预测了一系列二年级心理健康结果。方法：研究对象来自魁北克儿童发展纵向研究(N=1786)。在孩子41个月和53个月大的时候，父母报告孩子是否看过他们认为包含暴力内容的电视节目和视频。结果：根据家长的说法，孩子们平均每天看1.8小时的混合节目。在二年级，父母报告的儿童接触电视暴力与教师报告的反社会症状(Beta=0.180，95%可信区间：0.026-0.333)、情绪困扰(Beta=0.224，95%CI：0.010-0.438)、注意力不集中(Beta=0.349，95%CI：0.048-0.651)和较低的全球学业成绩(Beta=-0.127，95%CI：-0.237-0.017)有关。看暴力电视也与二年级儿童报告的较少的学业自我概念(贝塔=-0.175，95%可信区间：-0.296-0.053)和内在动机(贝塔=-0.162，95%可信区间：-0.016-0.307)有关。在对先前存在的儿童和家庭特征(如基线儿童攻击性)进行调整后，影响仍然很大。结论：这项前瞻性研究表明，儿童早期暴力媒体暴露对儿童长期心理健康的风险。这些发现表明，儿童早期暴力媒体曝光与负面的社会情感和学术结果之间存在扩散关系，从经验上支持了这样一个概念，即儿童早期接触暴力电视代表着对人口健康的威胁，应该受到成年照顾者的劝阻。
Objective: The extent to which early childhood exposure to violent media is associated with subsequent adverse child functioning remains disconcerting. In this study, we examine whether preschool child exposure to what parents generally characterize as violent television programming predicts a range of second-grade mental health outcomes. Methods: Participants are from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (N = 1786). At 41 and 53 months, parents reported whether the child had viewed television shows and videos consisting of what they judged as violent content. Results: According to parents, children watched on average 1.8 hours of mixed programming per day. Parent-reported child exposure to televised violence was associated with teacher-reported antisocial symptoms (beta = 0.180, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.026-0.333), emotional distress (beta = 0.224, 95% CI: 0.010-0.438), inattention (beta = 0.349, 95% CI: 0.048-0.651), and lower global academic achievement (beta = -0.127, 95% CI: -0.237-0.017) in second grade. Violent televiewing was also associated with less child-reported academic self-concept (beta = -0.175, 95% CI: -0.296-0.053) and intrinsic motivation (beta = -0.162, 95% CI: -0.016-0.307) in second grade. Effects remained significant after adjusting for preexisting child and family characteristics such as baseline child aggression. Conclusions: This prospective study suggests risks associated with early childhood violent media exposure for long-term mental health in children. These findings, suggesting diffusive relationships between early childhood violent media exposure and negative socioemotional and academic outcomes, empirically support the notion that access to early childhood violent television represents a threat to population health and should be discouraged by adult caregivers.