作者: Douglas A. Gentile , Olivia N. Berch , Hyekyung Choo , Angeline Khoo , David A. Walsh
DOI: 10.1037/DEV0000399
关键词: Child development 、 Aggression 、 Social psychology 、 Screen time 、 Developmental psychology 、 Mass media 、 Psychology 、 Addictive behavior 、 Bedroom 、 Displacement (psychology) 、 Video game addiction
摘要: Mass media have numerous effects on children, ranging from influencing school performance to increased or reduced aggression. What we do not know, however, is how availability in the bedroom moderates these effects. Although several researchers suggested that may influence outcomes by displacing other activities (the displacement hypothesis) changing content of consumed hypothesis), rarely been tested directly. This study both hypotheses using are associated with and some underlying mediating mechanisms. The were 3 longitudinal samples varying methods, age, duration, country. results indicate children who likely watch larger amounts screen time which displaced important activities, such as reading sleeping, mediated later negative poor performance. Bedroom also risk for obesity video game addiction. Children be exposed more violence. violent normative beliefs about aggression, physical providing support hypothesis. demonstrates can just what they show, but because to. therefore a robust factor aspects child development. (PsycINFO Database Record