Television and the behaviour of adolescents: Does socio-economic status moderate the link?

Chowhan, James; Stewart, James

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.019

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“…Watching TV shows and movies with violent scenes is associated with more violent crime for boys, but not so important for girls' outcomes. This is consistent with Chowhan and Stewart (2007).…”

Section: Personal and Family Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…One example is Chowhan and Stewart (2007) who study the effect of TV watching on the behaviour outcomes of Canadian 12-to 15-year old adolescents. Using NLSCY Cycles 2-4, Chowhan and Stewart (2007) conclude that behaviour outcomes improve with less television viewing for both boys and girls and the effect of watching violent television is stronger in low-income families.Using a unique longitudinal data set gathered from Montreal starting in 1984, Lehrer et al (2004) and Lehrer and Tremblay (2007) consider the causal effect of hormone level and parenting style on 10-to 17-year old adolescents' academic and non-academic outcomes (e.g., substance use and criminal activities), respectively. Lehrer et al (2004) show that hormone levels as measured by salivary testosterone and cortisol are significantly associated with adolescents' participation in risky and criminal activities.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Family, School and Friends: Correlates of Canadian Youth Outcomes

Zhang

2011

Child Ind Res

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Section: Personal and Family Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 90%

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Family, School and Friends: Correlates of Canadian Youth Outcomes

Zhang

2011

Child Ind Res

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“…For example, parents may prohibit activities away from home, leading girls to opt for more sedentary activities. Greater TV use in low-income economic classes has been demonstrated in other studies 9,12,28,29 . Among girls, during adolescence, there is a predominance of Internet use.…”

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confidence: 57%

Percepção de segurança no bairro e tempo despendido em frente à tela por adolescentes de Curitiba, Brasil

Prado

Rech

Hino

et al. 2017

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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ABSTRACT:Objective: To analyze the association between perceptions of neighborhood safety (PNS) and screen time among adolescents and to assess the moderating effects of sex, age and socioeconomic status. Methods: A cross-sectional study with school survey was conducted in Curitiba, Brazil. First, six schools (three public and three private) were intentionally selected. Next, one class within each educational level (from the sixth year of elementary school to the third year of high school) was randomly selected. PNS was assessed using a NEWS-Y scale, and daily screen time was defined as the time spent watching TV/videos/ DVDs, playing video games and using the Internet. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to test the association between PNS and screen time, adjusting for the confounding variables. Results: The sample included 776 adolescents (boys and girls), aged between 11 and 18 years old. Perceived crime was associated with time playing video games among older teenagers (p < 0.05). Pedestrian and traffic safety was inversely associated with time playing video games among adolescents with high socioeconomic status (p < 0.05). Conclusion:The association between PNS and screen time is complex among adolescents and varies according to sociodemographic variables and the screen time outcome (TV/videos/DVDs, video games and the Internet).

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“…In developed countries it is reported that children of high SES families have greater access to alternative activities [34,35] including outdoor entertainment an appealing alternative to increase physical activity levels. On the other hand, due to easy availability of domestic help in developing countries, affluent children may resort to a relatively inactive lifestyle [33].…”

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Higher Household Income and the Availability of Electronic Devices and Transport at Home Are Associated with Higher Waist Circumference in Colombian Children: The ACFIES Study

Gómez-Arbeláez

Camacho

Cohen

et al. 2014

IJERPH

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Background: The current “epidemic” of childhood obesity is described as being driven by modern lifestyles with associated socioeconomic and environmental changes that modify dietary habits, discourage physical activity and encourage sedentary behaviors. Objective: To evaluate the association between household income and the availability of electronic devices and transport at home, and the values of waist circumference (WC), as an indicator of abdominal obesity, in children and adolescents from Bucaramanga, Colombia. Methods: Cross-sectional study of public elementary and high school population, of low-middle socioeconomic status. Results: A total of 668 schoolchildren were recruited. After adjusting for potential confounders, significant positive associations between waist circumference and higher household income (p = 0.011), and waist circumference and the availability of electronic devices and transport at home (p = 0.026) were found. Conclusions: In low-middle socioeconomic status schoolchildren in a developing country, those from relatively more affluent families had greater waist circumference, an association that is opposite to that observed in developed countries. This finding could be related to higher income family’s ability to purchase electronic devices and motorized transport which discourage physical activity and for their children to buy desirable and more costly western fast food.

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Television and the behaviour of adolescents: Does socio-economic status moderate the link?

Cited by 21 publications

References 23 publications

Family, School and Friends: Correlates of Canadian Youth Outcomes

Family, School and Friends: Correlates of Canadian Youth Outcomes

Percepção de segurança no bairro e tempo despendido em frente à tela por adolescentes de Curitiba, Brasil

Higher Household Income and the Availability of Electronic Devices and Transport at Home Are Associated with Higher Waist Circumference in Colombian Children: The ACFIES Study

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