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JEANNE D. BECKMAN, PH.D.
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Television Violence: 
What the Research Says About Its Effect on Young Children (continued)

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Children with greater exposure have more difficulties in problem-solving and poorer peer relationships.  Parents need to watch and listen carefully to that stranger in the house (the media) and decide whether the message it delivers supports the values that individual family believes are important.

© 1996 by Jeanne Beckman, Ph.D.

This article is based primarily on information obtained from the following source: Huesmann, L. Rowell and Miller, Laurie S. (1994). Long-term effects of repeated exposure to media violence in childhood.. In L. Rowell Huesmann (ed.) Aggressive Behavior, (pp. 153-186), New York: Plenum Press.

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