Television viewing and externalizing problems in preschool children: The generation R study

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 919-925

  Verlinden, Marina ^a,b   Tiemeier, Henning ^a,b   Hudziak, James J ^a,b,c   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Raat, Hein ^a   Guxens, Mònica ^a,d,e   Hofman, Albert ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Jansen, Pauline W ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTERNALIZING PROBLEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEVISION VIEWING;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 84867124112     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.653     Document Type: Article

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