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Science 29 March 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5564, pp. 2468 - 2471
DOI: 10.1126/science.1062929
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Television Viewing and Aggressive Behavior During Adolescence and Adulthood

Jeffrey G. Johnson,1* Patricia Cohen,1 Elizabeth M. Smailes,1 Stephanie Kasen,1 Judith S. Brook2

Television viewing and aggressive behavior were assessed over a 17-year interval in a community sample of 707 individuals. There was a significant association between the amount of time spent watching television during adolescence and early adulthood and the likelihood of subsequent aggressive acts against others. This association remained significant after previous aggressive behavior, childhood neglect, family income, neighborhood violence, parental education, and psychiatric disorders were controlled statistically.

1 Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA.
2 The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustav L. Levy Place, 1190 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA.
1 Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA.
2 The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustav L. Levy Place, 1190 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jjohnso{at}pi.cpmc.columbia.edu

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