The impact of background television on parent-child interaction

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1350-1359

  Kirkorian, Heather L ^a   Pempek, Tiffany A ^a   Murphy, Lauren A ^a   Schmidt, Marie E ^a   Anderson, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; TELEVISION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 70349213304     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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