title: Family television viewing habits and the spontaneous play of preschool children.
abstract: In the course of an experimental study of effects of television on imagination and emotion in nursery school children, interviews and questionnaire responses concerning viewing habits were obtained from 70 parents. Group consultations were initiated to help parents understand television's impact on children and to develop methods for controlling family viewing patterns.
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D010551:Personality; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012649:Self Concept; D013690:Television