Modifying media content for preschool children: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 431-438

  Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,e   Garrison, Michelle M ^a,c   Herrenkohl, Todd ^d   Haggerty, Kevin ^d   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b   Zhou, Chuan ^a,b   Liekweg, Kimberly ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavior; Preschool; Prosocial; TV

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84874621692     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1493     Document Type: Article

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