Measuring caregiver impact on children’s violent news media exposure: Development and initial validation of the Caregiver Responses to Youth Media Exposure (CRYME).
Abstract:Children are exposed to many forms of media. In a recent study by the Pew Research Center (2013), 43% of people polled indicated that using mobile devices (e.g., tablets; cell phones) has increased the amount of news that they consume. Childhood media exposure in general can influence mental health (Brown & Bobowski, 2011). A child's exposure to violent news, in particular, has been positively associated with worry about similar events happening to him/her or to a relative (Becker-Blease, Finkelhor, & Turner, … Show more
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