Does childhood television viewing lead to attention problems in adolescence? Results from a prospective longitudinal study

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 532-537

  Landhuis, Carl Erik ^a,b   Poulton, Richie ^a   Welch, David ^a   Hancox, Robert John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attention deficit; Child; Longitudinal studies; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION;

EID: 34548436620     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0978     Document Type: Article

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