Estimates of young children's time with television: a methodological comparison of parent reports with time-lapse video home observation

• Published in: Child development Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 1345 - 1357
• Main Authors: Anderson, D.R, Field, D.E, Collins, P.A, Lorch, E.P, Nathan, J.G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA University of Chicago Press 01.10.1985; Blackwell; University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development, etc
• Subjects: behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Behavior; child development; Child, Preschool; Children; Diaries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Homes; Humans; Methodology. Experimentation; Observational research; Parents; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychometrics. Statistics. Methodology; Questionnaires; Research Design; Television; Television sets; Television studies; Television viewers; Television viewing; time allocation; Time Factors; Truth Disclosure; Videotape Recording; Human; Methodology; Evaluation scale; Psychometrics; Video recording; Time perception; Parent child relation; Television; Family environment; Observation; Mass media; Child; Communication

Accurate information on behavior of young children at home is crucial to the study of child development. The present study compared parent diaries of 5-year-old children's time spent with television to concurrent automated time-lapse video observations. In addition, a number of control groups w...