Televisiekijken in relatie tot agressief en prosociaal gedrag bij kinderen 1979-1981

<p>Dutch contribution to a cross-national survey to investigate the effect of television violence viewing on the behaviour of children. This Dutch survey also investigated the effects of tv- shows on pro-social behaviour. Peer-rating of aggressive and pro-social behaviour, popularity / various questionnaires, tests with respect to fantasies, imagination / experience with games, playing, sex-role identification, fears / favourite tv shows, identification with tv characters / perceived reality of tv-shows, effects of fear rousing shows / ideas about level of crime. Parents interview, mother has been interviewed: favourite tv shows / behaviour of child at home, involvement of parent with child: acceptation of behaviour, aggressive reactions, aggressive behaviour in general / influence to tv watching of child, tv shows considered to be appropriate / punishment behaviour, norms / personality, rigidity of mother / reactions of child to different tv shows: perceived reality, identification, fear / stimulation of child's fantasy. Background variables: basic characteristics/ household characteristics/ characteristics of parental family/household/ occupation/employment/ education/ religion/ consumption of durables/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership</p>