In Reply: Boob Tube Time

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 827-827
Author(s):  
Deborah N. W. Guttentag
Keyword(s):  
Television Viewing ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Conservative Estimate ◽  
Average Child ◽  
Action For Children's Television

The finding of mean television viewing time of 3.5 hours daily for nonhospitalized children was based on the average of 25 viewing hours per week presented by Rubinstein1 referenced in our paper.2 In fact, 3.5 hours of daily viewing may be a conservative estimate according to figures presented in some of our other references3,4 as well as audience viewing surveys reported in Action for Children's Television literature, which suggest the figure may actually be closer to 4.0 hours per day for the average child.

Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ TV Viewing Time: Mediation Analyses on Australian and Belgian Data

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1272-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen De Decker ◽  
Kylie Hesketh ◽  
Marieke De Craemer ◽  
Trina Hinkley ◽  
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Parental Concerns ◽  
Screen Viewing

Background:Television viewing is highly prevalent in preschoolers (3–5 years). Because of the adverse health outcomes related to this behavior, it is important to investigate associations and mediators of young children’s television viewing time. This study investigated whether parental rules regarding television viewing time and parental concerns about screen viewing activities mediated the association between parents’ and preschoolers’ television viewing time.Methods:Mediation analyses were performed with the product-of-coefficient test on data derived from the Australian HAPPY study (n = 947) and the Belgian sample of the ToyBox-study (n = 1527). Parents reported their own and their child’s television viewing time, their rules regarding television viewing and concerns about their child’s screen viewing activities.Results:Parents’ television viewing time was directly associated with preschoolers’ television viewing time and parental rule for television viewing time mediated this association in both samples (14.4% and 8.1% in the Australian and Belgian samples, respectively).Conclusions:This study is unique in examining the mediating pathway of parental television viewing and a rule limiting TV viewing time and whether this is consistent in different samples. Due to the consistent importance, both parents’ television viewing time and rules should be targeted in interventions to decrease preschoolers’ television viewing time.

Daytime Television Viewing by Hospitalized Children: The Effect of Alternative Programming

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 620-625
Author(s):  
Deborah N. Waldner Guttentag ◽  
William L. Albritton ◽  
Ruth B. Kettner
Keyword(s):  
Television Viewing ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Commercial Television ◽  
Daytime Television ◽  
Live Broadcast ◽  
Harmful Effects

In response to an earlier survey indicating that hospitalized children were indiscriminately watching excessive amounts of commercial television, a closedcircuit television station was instituted at the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg. The station offered patients commercial-free children's programming between 9 AM and 5 PM, including a daily one-hour live broadcast. In order to evaluate the effect of this station on children's television-viewing patterns, a second survey of the quantity and quality of daytime television viewing was carried out. This evaluative survey demonstrated an overall increase in television viewing, but a decrease in exposure to the potentially harmful effects of commercial television inasmuch as an average of nearly half of the children's viewing time was devoted to the hospital station. A dramatic increase in the viewing of children's programs (mean 43 v 147 minutes daily for the first and second surveys, respectively) along with additional viewing pattern data suggest that the closed-circuit station successfully filled a void for the patients. Overall the data indicated that alternative programming for pediatric patients has an enormous potential for alleviating the boredom and anxiety of hospitalized children.

Children's Television Viewing Behavior

1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
Seymour Banks
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Program Structure ◽  
Saturday Morning

Children watch television much of the telecasting period rather than just Saturday morning. Their peak viewing time is the same as for the general population. Children are not passive acceptors of telecasts; they demonstrate substantial seasonal variations in viewing volume and respond both positively and negatively to changes in program structure.

Reducing Children's Television-Viewing Time: A Qualitative Study of Parents and Their Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 118 (5) ◽  
pp. e1303-e1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Jordan ◽  
J. C. Hersey ◽  
J. A. McDivitt ◽  
C. D. Heitzler
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Viewing Time

Children's Television Viewing with Family Members

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances C. Lawrence ◽  
Patricia H. Wozniak
Keyword(s):  
Television Viewing ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Entire Family

The amount of time children view television with other family members was examined. The sample of 151 children was 6 through 17 yr. of age. Data were gathered by personal interviews conducted in the home. Analysis showed that children spent 75 min. per day (65% of their viewing time) watching television with family members, most often a sibling. When children did watch television with a parent, the parent was most likely the father. Rarely did the entire family view together.

scholarly journals Psychometric validity of the parent’s outcome expectations for children’s television viewing (POETV) scale

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresia M O’Connor ◽  
Tzu-An Chen ◽  
Betty del Rio Rodriguez ◽  
Sheryl O Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Television Viewing ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
Psychometric Validity
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