Teachers' Ratings of Nursery Class Children's Behaviour before and after Availability of Television by Satellite

Teachers rated children's behaviour in two nursery class cohorts on St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean. Ratings were obtained for the 1993 cohort ( n = 54) prior to the availability of satellite television and the 1995 cohort ( n = 57) after the introduction of television. Analysis showed some re...

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Published in:Psychological Reports
Main Authors: Charlton, Tony, Coles, David, Lovemore, Tessa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1997
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.1.96
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Summary:Teachers rated children's behaviour in two nursery class cohorts on St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean. Ratings were obtained for the 1993 cohort ( n = 54) prior to the availability of satellite television and the 1995 cohort ( n = 57) after the introduction of television. Analysis showed some reductions in ratings of children's adaptive behaviour after the availability of television.