Too Much Television? Prospective Associations between Early Childhood Televiewing and Later Self-reports of Victimization by Sixth Grade Classmates

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 426-433

  Watt, Emmalyne ^a   Fitzpatrick, Caroline ^b   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^a   Pagani, Linda S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; classmates; development; peers; televiewing; victimization

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUEBEC; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEVISION;

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUEBEC; RISK; TELEVISION;

EID: 84937580352     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: 15367312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000186     Document Type: Article

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