Children and television watching: a qualitative study of New Zealand parents' perceptions and views

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Dorey, E ^a   Roberts, Vaughan ^a   Maddison, R ^a   Meagher Lundberg, P ^b   Dixon, R ^b   Ni Mhurchu, C ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Sedentary behaviours; Television; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION;

EID: 77955257817     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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