Watching Violent TV at Pre-School Age Linked to Aggression in Young Boys

Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, November 5, 2007

Watching violent television programs between the ages of 2 and 5 years of age is clearly linked to aggressive and anti-social behaviors in boys when they reach age 7 to 9, according to a new study published in the November 2007 issue of Pediatrics.

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