Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
Aggressiveness in children; Television and children;
Abstract
The present study examined the effect of television viewing on children's attitudes about submissive, assertive, and aggressive resolutions to interpersonal conflicts from the Children's Action Tendency Scale (CATS). Subjects rated resolutions on a six item Likert scale which consisted of the following semantics: kind, good, wise, successful, strong, and brave. The 84 subjects for this study were fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children (40 males and 44 females) attending Price Laboratory School, University of Northern Iowa. Data were analyzed by the multiple regression analysis procedure found in the Shazam statistical program (version 4.6, Oct. 1984). The predictor variables were gender, the violence content of five mostwatched television shows, and the frequency of viewing the five mostwatched shows. The dependent variables were the Likert semantic ratings on all three conflict resolution classes. Results of this study indicated that males rated aggressive resolutions to interpersonal conflicts on the CATS significantly more "kind, wise, successful, and strong" than did females. Also revealed in the present study was subjects who were high frequency television viewers rated aggressive resolutions to interpersonal conflicts on the CATS significantly more "kind, good, and wise" than did low frequency viewers. Results of this study failed to reveal an effect for violence content of most-watched television shows for any of the resolution classes of the CATS. No significant relationship was revealed for any of the predictor variables on assertive and submissive resolutions.
Year of Submission
1986
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Donald W. Schmits
Second Advisor
Jack Yates
Third Advisor
Bill Kline
Date Original
1986
Object Description
1 PDF file (76 leaves)
Copyright
©1986 Kathlean Hendricks Hill
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hill, Kathlean Hendricks, "The effect of television viewing on children's attitudes about interpersonal conflict resolutions" (1986). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1417.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1417
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