Parents of preschoolers: Expert media recommendations and ratings knowledge, media-Effects beliefs, and monitoring practices

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 981-988

  Funk, Jeanne B ^a   Brouwer, Jason ^a   Curtiss, Kathleen ^a   McBroom, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert recommendations; Parents; Preschool children; Ratings; Screen media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAY CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; TELEVISION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TELEVISION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 63149110812     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1543     Document Type: Article

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