Screen violence tied to boys' aggression: study

Boys aged 2 to 5 who viewed an hour of on-screen violence a day increased their chances of being overly aggressive later in childhood, but the association was not seen in girls, researchers said on Monday.

"... Dr. Dimitri Christakis of Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute and fellow researchers, writing in the journal Pediatrics, analyzed the television and video viewing habits of 330 children aged 2 to 5, then assessed their behavior five years later.

The conclusion of the study was that "the viewing of violent programming by preschool boys is associated with subsequent aggressive behavior".

[via Reuters]

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