TY - JOUR
T1 - How young children spend their time
T2 - television and other activities.
AU - Huston, A. C.
AU - Wright, J. C.
AU - Marquis, J.
AU - Green, S. B.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999/7
Y1 - 1999/7
N2 - Time-use diaries were collected over a 3-year period for 2 cohorts of 2- and 4-year-old children. TV viewing declined with age. Time spent in reading and educational activities increased with age on weekdays but declined on weekends. Time-use patterns were sex-stereotyped, and sex differences increased with age. As individuals' time in educational activities, social interaction, and video games increased, their time watching entertainment TV declined, but time spent playing covaried positively with entertainment TV. Educational TV viewing was not related to time spent in non-TV activities. Maternal education and home environment quality predicted frequent viewing of educational TV programs and infrequent viewing of entertainment TV. The results do not support a simple displacement hypothesis; the relations of TV viewing to other activities depend on the program content, the nature of the competing activity, and the environmental context.
AB - Time-use diaries were collected over a 3-year period for 2 cohorts of 2- and 4-year-old children. TV viewing declined with age. Time spent in reading and educational activities increased with age on weekdays but declined on weekends. Time-use patterns were sex-stereotyped, and sex differences increased with age. As individuals' time in educational activities, social interaction, and video games increased, their time watching entertainment TV declined, but time spent playing covaried positively with entertainment TV. Educational TV viewing was not related to time spent in non-TV activities. Maternal education and home environment quality predicted frequent viewing of educational TV programs and infrequent viewing of entertainment TV. The results do not support a simple displacement hypothesis; the relations of TV viewing to other activities depend on the program content, the nature of the competing activity, and the environmental context.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.35.4.912
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.35.4.912
M3 - Article
C2 - 10442861
AN - SCOPUS:0033161039
VL - 35
SP - 912
EP - 925
JO - Developmental Psychology
JF - Developmental Psychology
SN - 0012-1649
IS - 4
ER -