Watching Television Impacted on Child Psychology

In a study conducted on more than 1000 children aged between 10 to 11 years, found that those who watch television and in front of a computer screen for more than 2 hours per day will experience psychological problems.

Psychological problems are found is the difficulty establishing friendships, difficult to empathize with friends and reported feeling unhappy. The research itself is done with a device called an accelerometer, yaiitu a tool to measure the activity of a child every 10 seconds when he was awake for 7 days.

Furthermore, the child is asked to tell how long they watch television or use computers. They were also asked to answer questions such as how often they are not happy, messy mood, want to cry or lonely. The answer of the respondents are combined to obtain the overall value that indicates whether each child has a significant problem.

Angie S. Page, PHD from the University of Bristol say there is no relationship between the time they move or not the child's psychological health. It seems that what is done when that's what counts. example, if you choose to watch television for entertainment, then this will be associated with negative mental health.

Page also said that we can not rely on physical activity to compensate for the length of time staring at television or computer screen. Watching television or playing computer games more than 2 hours in a day is associated with psychological problems, it is difficult to respect others and the level of active children.

Parents should encourage children to do physical activity for children less time watching television or staring at a computer. Page also m enekankan that the study did find the consequences to children who stare at computer screens and television more than 2 hours, either in terms of physical and mental.