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Exploring Pathways From Television Viewing to Academic Achievement in School Age Children

Shin, Nary·2004·The Journal of Genetic Psychology
DOI 10.3200/gntp.165.4.367-382
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The author's purpose in this study was to test 4 hypotheses that proposed different paths for the influences of children's television viewing on their academic achievement. Data were drawn from the 1997 Child Development Supplement (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The population for this study included 1,203 children between the ages of 6 and 13 years from the CDS-PSID data set. The author used structural equation modeling to test pathways from children's television viewing to their academic achievement. The author assumed that children's television viewing hindered their academic achievement by reducing certain traits that related to academic achievement. Results showed that 3 hypothetical models fit the data--the time-displacement hypothesis, the mental effort-passivity hypothesis, and the attention-arousal hypothesis. A 4th hypothetical model, the learning-information hypothesis, which proposed that children's television viewing practices stimulate their academic achievement, was not supported. In sum, children who watched more television tended to spend less time doing homework, studying, and reading for leisure. In addition, their behaviors became more impulsive, which resulted in an eventual decrease in their academic achievement.

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  • Sensitivity analyses suggested that the pooled effect size for the association between television viewing and language was slightly modified when data from several studies were removed, with effect size ranging from -0.21 to -0.13.

    “Sensitivity analyses suggested that the pooled effect size estimation for the association between television viewing and language was slightly modified when data from several studies were removed, with effect size ranging from -0.21 to -0.13.25,34,55,57,59,60,67”

    From Association Between Screen Media Use and Academic Performance Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2019) · cites this paper as [67]

  • Our results concur with previous research showing an inverse association of television viewing with composite scores, language, and mathematics.

    “Regarding the association between the duration of individual screen-based activities and academic performance, our results concur with previous research showing an inverse association of television viewing with composite scores, 29,64,66,71 language, 59,67 and mathematics.59,77”

    From Association Between Screen Media Use and Academic Performance Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2019) · cites this paper as [67]

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Authors
Shin, N.
Affiliations
Michigan State University (US)
Corresponding author
Shin, Nary
ORCID
Shin, Nary
Venue
The Journal of Genetic Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2004-12
Volume
165
Issue
4
Pages
367-382
ISSN
  • 0022-1325 (ISSN-L)
  • 1940-0896
DOI
10.3200/gntp.165.4.367-382
OpenAlex
W2002874583
Cited by
112
References
24
Citations by year
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FWCI
32.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Genetic Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
  • Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
Keywords
children's television viewing, academic performance, elementary school students, time displacement, cognitive effort, passivity, homework time, reading for pleasure, impulsivity, media effects on learning
MeSH terms
Achievement, Adolescent, Child, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Leisure Activities, Male, Prospective Studies, Reading, Schools, Students, Television, Time Factors, Visual Perception

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