WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2002: A study conducted at Columbia University in New York has revealed that teenagers who watch more than one hour of television a day are more likely to display violent aggressive behavior. Jeffrey Johnson, who led the study, tracked 707 children from upstate New York for 17 years. Results of the study were published in journal Scientist and the article says, “The study found that 5.7% of the adolescents who watched less than one hour of television committed aggressive acts against other people in later years, as compared to 22.5% of those who watched between one and three hours a day.” Even when other factors such as childhood neglect, low family income, or a psychiatric disorder during adolescence were considered, the correlation between time spent watching television and violent behavior was significant.
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