Brief report: Television viewing and risk for attention problems in preschool children

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Miller, Carlin J ^a,d   Marks, David J ^b   Miller, Scott R ^b,d   Berwid, Olga G ^a,c   Kera, Elizabeth C ^a,c   Santra, Amita ^a,c   Halperin, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Preschool; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TEACHER; TELEVISION; VARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; PREVALENCE; VISION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEVISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34347245653     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsl035     Document Type: Article

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