Bedroom Media: One Risk Factor for Development

Autor/inn/en	Gentile, Douglas A.; Berch, Olivia N.; Choo, Hyekyung; Khoo, Angeline; Walsh, David A.
Titel	Bedroom Media: One Risk Factor for Development
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 53 (2017) 12, S.2340-2355 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000399
Schlagwörter	Mass Media Effects; Family Environment; Hypothesis Testing; Age Differences; Geographic Location; Television Viewing; Violence; Aggression; Sleep; Reading Habits; Body Weight; Academic Achievement; Video Games; Longitudinal Studies; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Intervention; Obesity; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Student Characteristics; Addictive Behavior; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Minnesota; Iowa; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Fernsehkonsum; Gewalt; Schlaf; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Körpergewicht; Schulleistung; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Adipositas; Ausland; Fragebogen; Sekundarschüler; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Singapur
Abstract	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 media availability in the bedroom moderates these effects. Although several researchers have suggested that bedroom media may influence outcomes by displacing other activities (the displacement hypothesis) or by changing the content of media consumed (the content hypothesis), these have rarely been tested directly. This study tested both hypotheses using several outcomes that are associated with bedroom media and some of the underlying mediating mechanisms. The hypotheses were tested using 3 longitudinal samples of varying methods, age, duration, and country. The results indicate that children who have bedroom media are likely to watch larger amounts of screen time which displaced important activities, such as reading and sleeping, which mediated later negative outcomes such as poor school performance. Bedroom media also influence risk for obesity and video game addiction. Children with bedroom media are also likely to be exposed to more media violence. The violent content increased normative beliefs about aggression, which increased physical aggression, providing support for the content hypothesis. This study demonstrates that media can have effects not just from what they show, but also because of what children are not exposed to. Bedroom media are therefore a robust risk factor for several aspects of child development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01