The effects of viewing television violence on school children

<p>The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of viewing television violence on children. It was hypothesized that children who watch more than 3 to 4 hours of television daily, and who are exposed to inherently violent television programming in which physical and/or verbal confrontations and actions are commonplace, will be more likely than other peers to have received disciplinary referrals.</p> <p>The study took place within an urban middle school serving children grades 6 through 8. A sample of 52 students was randomly selected, consisting of some students who had and some who had not received disciplinary referrals. A researcher-developed survey was used to collect data. Correlational analysis was used to test the hypothesis.</p> <p>Findings partially supported the hypothesis: television-watching hours was positively correlated with disciplinary referrals; action and adventure content was not significantly correlated with disciplinary referrals; fighting was not significantly correlated with disciplinary referrals; and there was a significant correlation between the number of disciplinary referrals and the age of subject, with stronger correlations than between referrals and hours of television watching.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Services and Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2002

Author dc:creator

• Morgan, Jennifer M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klanderman, John

• School children; Violence on television
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1487

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-2487