SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: November 6, 2007
EXCERPT: "Watching violent television programs between the ages of 2 and 5 years of age is clearly linked to aggressive and anti-social behaviors in boys when they reach age 7 to 9, ...
... There was no such correlation found for girls." more
RELATED PUBMED LINK:
Christakis DA, Zimmerman FJ. Violent television viewing during preschool is associated with antisocial behavior during school age. Pediatrics. 2007 Nov;120(5):993-9.
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA. Associations between content types of early media exposure and subsequent attentional problems. Pediatrics. 2007 Nov;120(5):986-92.
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