Television viewing and its impact on childhood behaviors

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-128

  Jolin, Edith M ^a   Weller, Ronald A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Depression; Sleep; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIMEDIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP PATTERN; TELEVISION VIEWING; TREND STUDY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SLEEP; TELEVISION;

EID: 79955886773     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0175-5     Document Type: Review

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