Television viewing through ages 2-5 years and bullying involvement in early elementary school

BMC Public Health

Pauline W Jansen⁷  Frank C Verhulst⁷  Albert Hofman²  Hein Raat⁵  Vincent WV Jaddoe³  Wilma Jansen¹  Cathelijne L Mieloo⁵  René Veenstra⁴  Henning Tiemeier⁶  Marina Verlinden⁷ 

[1] Municipality of Rotterdam, Department of Social Development, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC-Sophia, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2060, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands

关键词: Children;    Aggression;    Bullying;    Television;   

Others  :  1145334
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-157

 received in 2013-05-10, accepted in 2014-02-05,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

High television exposure time at young age has been described as a potential risk factor for developing behavioral problems. However, less is known about the effects of preschool television on subsequent bullying involvement. We examined the association between television viewing time through ages 2-5 and bullying involvement in the first grades of elementary school. We hypothesized that high television exposure increases the risk of bullying involvement.

Method

TV viewing time was assessed repeatedly in early childhood using parental report. To combine these repeated assessments we used latent class analysis. Four exposure classes were identified and labeled “low”, “mid-low”, “mid-high” and “high”. Bullying involvement was assessed by teacher questionnaire (n = 3423, mean age 6.8 years). Additionally, peer/self-report of bullying involvement was obtained using a peer nomination procedure (n = 1176, mean age 7.6 years). We examined child risk of being a bully, victim or a bully-victim (compared to being uninvolved in bullying).

Results

High television exposure class was associated with elevated risks of bullying and victimization. Also, in both teacher- and child-reported data, children in the high television exposure class were more likely to be a bully-victim (OR = 2.11, 95% CI: 1.42-3.13 and OR = 3.68, 95% CI: 1.75-7.74 respectively). However, all univariate effect estimates attenuated and were no longer statistically significant once adjusted for maternal and child covariates.

Conclusions

The association between television viewing time through ages 2-5 and bullying involvement in early elementary school is confounded by maternal and child socio-demographic characteristics.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Verlinden et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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