Media Impact on Preschool Behavior

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Aggression; Prosocial Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: media diet; Behavioral: nutritional intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01459835
• Lead Sponsor: Seattle Children's Hospital

Brief Summary

This study tests the hypothesis that modifying the media diet of preschool children so that they watch more prosocial programming and less violent programming will result in decreased aggression and increased prosocial behavior.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Study First Submitted: 2011-10-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2011-10-26
• Primary Completion: 2012-07
• Study Completion: 2012-07
• Status Verified: 2014-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

• 2.5-4 years of age
• watches TV regularly
• English speaking

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Exclusion Criteria

• no TV
• non English

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
media diet	media diet	advice tips and tools to reduce exposure to violent programming
Nutrition intervention	nutritional intervention	diet advice

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) prosocial subscale	18 months after enrollment	Prosocial, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed
Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores overall	18 months after enrollment	Overall Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores will be assessed
Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) aggression subscale	18 months after enrollment	Aggression, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sleep problems	18 months	The investigator will use elements of the sleep problem questionnaire to assess sleep problems

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seattle CHildrens Research Institute; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States