TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of television on children's fantasy styles
T2 - A secondary analysis
AU - Valkenburg, Patti M.
AU - Vooijs, Marcel W.
AU - van der Voort, Tom H.A.
AU - Wiegman, Oene
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - In a secondary analysis applied to longitudinal data obtained from a panel survey, the authors established how violent and nonviolent television program types were related to three fantasy styles: a positive-intense, aggressive-heroic, and a dysphoric fantasy style. A sample of Dutch children (N = 354) was surveyed when they were in Grades 2 and 4, and resurveyed two years later. Results indicated that children's fantasy styles in Year 1 did not affect their television viewing in Year 3. However, children's viewing frequency in Year 1 did influence their fantasy styles in Year 3. The longitudinal effects of television were dependent on the types of programs watched. Watching nonviolent children's programs encouraged a positive-intense fantasy style, whereas violent programs encouraged an aggressive-heroic fantasy style. Television viewing was unrelated to dysphoric fantasy.
AB - In a secondary analysis applied to longitudinal data obtained from a panel survey, the authors established how violent and nonviolent television program types were related to three fantasy styles: a positive-intense, aggressive-heroic, and a dysphoric fantasy style. A sample of Dutch children (N = 354) was surveyed when they were in Grades 2 and 4, and resurveyed two years later. Results indicated that children's fantasy styles in Year 1 did not affect their television viewing in Year 3. However, children's viewing frequency in Year 1 did influence their fantasy styles in Year 3. The longitudinal effects of television were dependent on the types of programs watched. Watching nonviolent children's programs encouraged a positive-intense fantasy style, whereas violent programs encouraged an aggressive-heroic fantasy style. Television viewing was unrelated to dysphoric fantasy.
KW - METIS-148902
U2 - 10.2190/99QN-1ECB-G7F0-JE6E
DO - 10.2190/99QN-1ECB-G7F0-JE6E
M3 - Article
SN - 0276-2366
VL - 12
SP - 55
EP - 66
JO - Imagination, cognition and personality
JF - Imagination, cognition and personality
IS - 1
ER -