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Aggression
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Even E-Rated Games May Harm Kids, Show 3 New Studies Just in case you doubted recent findings on the startling effects of video games on real-life behaviors, University of Iowa researchers have published a book discussing three new studies showing striking correlations between even cartoon-like video games an... Continue reading Even E-Rated Games May Harm Kids, Show 3 New Studies
PG-13 Films Teach Kids Violence A report on top-earning movies marketed to adolescents published in Pediatrics shows that 87 percent of PG-13 films contain scenes of violence. Studying a sample of 77 films released between 1999 and 2000, researchers found 2251 acts of violence, with a me... Continue reading PG-13 Films Teach Kids Violence
Night Owl Pre-Teens Prone To Bad Behavior With summer vacation in full swing, many kids are enjoying late nights filled with sleepovers, video game competitions and all-night reading sessions. Parents, however, may want to watch those bedtimes: Experts studying the correlation between sleep and beh... Continue reading Night Owl Pre-Teens Prone To Bad Behavior
Teen Girls in Juvenile Centers More Aggressive Than Male Peers Incarcerated teen girls are more aggressive than boys in or out of juvenile detention centers, reports a study in the July issue of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice which shows that the percentage of girls that are aggressive while incarcerated is nearly... Continue reading Teen Girls in Juvenile Centers More Aggressive Than Male Peers
Child Neglect Leads to Aggression Child neglect may have as harmful an impact on development as child abuse, according to a report issued in the current edition of Pediatrics. Continue reading Child Neglect Leads to Aggression |
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