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2014 Archive

Advertising

An, S., Kang, H., 2014. Advertising or games? Advergames on the internet gaming sites targeting children. International Journal of Advertising 33, 509–532.
Beaudoin, C.E., 2014. The Mass Media and Adolescent Socialization A Prospective Study in the Context of Unhealthy Food Advertising. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 91, 544–561
Bhatnagar, N., Kaur, R., Dudeja, P., 2014. Food Marketing to Children in India: Comparative Review of Regulatory Strategies Across the World. Indian J Pediatr 81, 1187–1192.Blackwell, C.K., Lauricella, A.R., Wartella, E., 2014. Factors influencing digital technology use in early childhood education. Computers & Education 77, 82–90.
Bruce, A.S. et al, 2014. Branding and a child’s brain: an fMRI study of neural responses to logos. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci 9, 118–122. doi:10.1093/scan/nss109
Campbell, S., James, E.L., Stacey, F.G., Bowman, J., Chapman, K., Kelly, B., 2014. A mixed-method examination of food marketing directed towards children in Australian supermarkets. Health Promot. Int. 29, 267–277
Charry, K (2014), Product placement and the promotion of healthy food to pre-adolescents: When popular TV series make carrots look cool International Journal of Advertising, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2014, pp. 599-616Commonsense Media 2014. Advertising to Children and Teens: Current Practices
Connell, P.M., Brucks, M., Nielsen, J.H., 2014. How Childhood Advertising Exposure Can Create Biased Product Evaluations That Persist into Adulthood. Journal of Consumer Research 000–000.
Danovitch, J.H., Mills, C.M., 2014. How familiar characters influence children’s judgments about information and products. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 128, 1–20.
Dixon, H., Scully, M., Niven, P., Kelly, B., Chapman, K., Donovan, R., Martin, J., Baur, L.A., Crawford, D., Wakefield, M., 2014. Effects of nutrient content claims, sports celebrity endorsements and premium offers on pre-adolescent children’s food preferences: experimental research. Pediatric Obesity 9, e47–e57.
Dixon, H., Scully, M., Kelly, B., Chapman, K., Wakefield, M., 2014. Can counter-advertising reduce pre-adolescent children’s susceptibility to front-of-package promotions on unhealthy foods?: Experimental research. Social Science & Medicine
Dixon, H., et al 2014. Counter-advertising may reduce parent’s susceptibility to front-of-package promotions on unhealthy foods. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 46, 467–474
Dunlop, S., et al 2014. Out of sight and out of mind? Evaluating the impact of point-of-sale tobacco display bans on smoking-related beliefs and behaviors in a sample of australian adolescents and young adults. Nicotine Tob Res ntu180.
Eden, S., Eshet-Alkalai, Y., 2014. The effect of digital games and game strategies on young adolescents’ aggression. Journal of Educational Computing Research 50, 449–466
Emory, K.T., et al, 2014. Receptivity to cigarette and tobacco control messages and adolescent smoking initiation. Tob Control tobaccocontrol–2013–051187.
Folkvord, F., et al 2014. Impulsivity, “Advergames,” and Food Intake. Pediatrics 133, 1007–1012.
Freeman, D., 2014. Tweens’ knowledge of marketing tactics?: skeptical beyond their years Journal of Advertising Research, 54: 1 Pp: 44-55
Freeman, B., Kelly, B., Baur, L., Chapman, K., Chapman, S., Gill, T., King, L., 2014. Digital junk: Food and beverage marketing on Facebook. Am J Public Health 104, e56–e64.
Handsley, E., Nehmy, C., Mehta, K., Coveney, J., 2014. A Children’s Rights Perspective on Food Advertising to Children. The International Journal of Children’s Rights 22, 93–134.
Holmberg, N., Sandberg, H., Holmqvist, K., 2014. Advert saliency distracts children’s visual attention during task-oriented internet use. Frontiers in Psychology 5.
Jenkin, G., Madhvani, N., Signal, L., Bowers, S., 2014. A systematic review of persuasive marketing techniques to promote food to children on television. Obes Rev 15, 281–293. doi:10.1111/obr.12141
Kelly, Bridget, Adrian E. Bauman, and Louise A. Baur. “Population estimates of Australian children’s exposure to food and beverage sponsorship of sports clubs.” Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 17, no. 4 (July 2014): 394–98.
Kemps, E., Tiggemann, M., Hollitt, S., 2014. Exposure to television food advertising primes food-related cognitions and triggers motivation to eat. Psychology & Health 29, 1192–1205.
Lee, J., Park, H., Wise, K., 2014. Brand interactivity and its effects on the outcomes of advergame play. New Media Society 16, 1268–1286.
Mehta, K.P., Coveney, J., Ward, P., Handsley, E., 2014. Parents’ and children’s perceptions of the ethics of marketing energy-dense nutrient-poor foods on the Internet: Implications for policy to restrict children’se xposure. Public Health Ethics 7, 21–34.
Musicus, A., Tal, A., Wansink, B., 2014. Eyes in the Aisles Why Is Cap’n Crunch Looking Down at My Child? Environment and Behavior 0013916514528793.
Ng, S.H., et al 2014. Obesogenic television food advertising to children in Malaysia: sociocultural variations. Glob Health Action 7.
Opree, S.J., Buijzen, M., Reijmersdal, E.A. van, Valkenburg, P.M., 2014. Children’s Advertising Exposure, Advertised Product Desire, and Materialism A Longitudinal Study. Communication Research 41, 717–735
Paek, H.-J., Quilliam, E.T., Kim, S., Weatherspoon, L.J., Rifon, N.J., Lee, M., 2014. Characteristics of food advergames that reach children and the nutrient quality of the foods they advertise. Internet Research 24, 63–81.
Pearson, N., Biddle, S.J., Williams, L., Worsley, A., Crawford, D., Ball, K., 2014. Adolescent television viewing and unhealthy snack food consumption: the mediating role of home availability of unhealthy snack foods. Public Health Nutrition 17, 317–323.
Potvin Kent, M., Wanless, A., 2014. The influence of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative: change in children’s exposure to food advertising on television in Canada between 2006–2009. Int J Obes 38, 558–562.
Potvin Kent, M., Martin, C.L., Kent, E.A., 2014. Changes in the volume, power and nutritional quality of foods marketed to children on television in Canada. Obesity 22, 2053–2060.
Reid, R.-M.C., 2014. Embedded advertising to children: A tactic that requires a new regulatory approach. Am Bus Law J 51, 721–777
Roberts, M., Pettigrew, S., Chapman, K., Quester, P., Miller, C., 2014. Children’s exposure to food advertising: An analysis of the effectiveness of self-regulatory codes in Australia. Nutrition & Dietetics 71, 35–40.
Roseman, M.G., Poor, M., Stephenson, T.J., 2014. A Content Analysis of Food References in Television Programming Specifically Targeting Viewing Audiences Aged 11 to 14 Years. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 46, 20–25.
Scully, P., Macken, A., Leddin, D., Cullen, W., Dunne, C., Gorman, C.O., 2014. Food and beverage advertising during children’s television programming. Ir J Med Sci 184, 207–212.
Smithers, L.G., Lynch, J.W., Merlin, T., 2014. Industry self-regulation and TV advertising of foods to Australian children. J Paediatr Child Health 50, 386–392.
Tatlow-Golden, M., Hennessy, E., Dean, M., Hollywood, L., 2014. Young children’s food brand knowledge. Early development and associations with television viewing and parent’s diet. Appetite 80, 197–203.
Ustjanauskas, A.E., Harris, J.L., Schwartz, M.B., 2014. Food and beverage advertising on children’s web sites. Pediatric Obesity 9, 362–372.
Watson, W.L., Johnston, A., Hughes, C., Chapman, K., 2014. Determining the “healthiness” of foods marketed to children on television using the Food Standards Australia New Zealand nutrient profiling criteria. Nutrition & Dietetics 71, 178–183.
Winpenny, E.M., Marteau, T.M., Nolte, E., 2014. Exposure of Children and Adolescents to Alcohol Marketing on Social Media Websites. Alcohol and Alcoholism 49, 154–159.
Yokum, S., Gearhardt, A.N., Harris, J.L., Brownell, K.D., Stice, E., 2014. Individual differences in striatum activity to food commercials predict weight gain in adolescents. Obesity published online

Children's understanding of media content

Christakis DA, 2014. Interactive media use at younger than the age of 2 years: Time to rethink the American Academy of Pediatrics guideline? JAMA Pediatr 168, 399–400.
Livingstone, S., Kirwil, L., Ponte, C., Staksrud, E., 2014. In their own words: What bothers children online? European Journal of Communication 29, 271–288
Takacs, Z.K., Swart, E.K., Bus, A.G., 2014. Can the computer replace the adult for storybook reading? A meta-analysis on the effects of multimedia stories as compared to sharing print stories with an adult. Front Psychol 5.
Talwar, V., Gomez-Garibello, C., Shariff, S., 2014. Adolescents’ moral evaluations and ratings of cyberbullying: The effect of veracity and intentionality behind the event. Computers in Human Behavior 36, 122–128.
Tinwell, A., Sloan, R.J.S., 2014. Children’s perception of uncanny human-like virtual characters. Computers in Human Behavior 36, 286–296. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.073
Wang, S-K et al (2014) An investigation of middle school science teachers and students use of technology inside and outside of classrooms: considering whether digital natives are more technology savvy than their teachers - Educational Technology Research and Development Springer, n.d.

Media usage

Atkin, A.J., et al 2014. Prevalence and correlates of screen time in youth: An international perspective. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 47, 803–807
Baumgartner, S.E., Weeda, W.D., Heijden, L.L. van der, Huizinga, M., 2014. The Relationship Between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents. The Journal of Early Adolescence 34, 1120–1144.
Blackwell, C.K., Lauricella, A.R., Wartella, E., 2014. Factors influencing digital technology use in early childhood education. Computers & Education 77, 82–90.
Cespedes, E.M., Gillman, M.W., Kleinman, K., Rifas-Shiman, S.L., Redline, S., Taveras, E.M., 2014. Television Viewing, Bedroom Television, and Sleep Duration From Infancy to Mid-Childhood. Pediatrics peds.2013–3998.
Chaput, JP et al 2014 Electronic screens in children’s bedrooms and adiposity, physical activity and sleep: Do the number and type of electronic devices matter? Can J Public Health 105, e273–9.
Eynon, R., Helsper, E., 2014. Family dynamics and Internet use in Britain: What role do children play in adults’ engagement with the Internet? Information, Communication & Society 18, 156–171.
Falbe, J., Rosner, B., Willett, W.C., Sonneville, K.R., Hu, F.B., Field, A.E., 2013. Adiposity and Different Types of Screen Time. Pediatrics 132, e1497–e1505.
Fulkerson, J.A., Loth, K., Bruening, M., Berge, J., Eisenberg, M.E., Neumark-Sztainer, D., 2014. Time 2 tlk 2nite: Use of Electronic Media by Adolescents during Family Meals and Associations with Demographic Characteristics, Family Characteristics, and Foods Served. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 114, 1053–1058. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2013.10.015
Fullerton, S., Taylor, A.W., Dal Grande, E., Berry, N., 2014. Measuring Physical Inactivity: Do Current Measures Provide an Accurate View of “Sedentary” Video Game Time? Journal of Obesity 2014, e287013.
Gamble, A.L., et al 2014. Adolescent sleep patterns and night-time technology use: Results of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Big Sleep Survey. PLoS ONE 9, e111700.
Gingold, J.A., Simon, A.E., Schoendorf, K.C., 2014. Excess Screen Time in US Children Association With Family Rules and Alternative Activities. CLIN PEDIATR 53, 41–50.
Landstedt, E., Persson, S., 2014. Bullying, cyberbullying, and mental health in young people. Scand J Public Health 42, 393–399. doi:10.1177/1403494814525004
Linebarger, D.L., Barr, R., Lapierre, M.A., Piotrowski, J.T., 2014. Associations Between Parenting, Media Use, Cumulative Risk, and Children?s Executive Functioning: Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 35, 367–377.
Livingstone, S., 2014. Developing social media literacy: How children learn to interpret risky opportunities on social network sites. Communications 39, 283–303.
Livingstone, S., 2014. Children’s digital rights: a priority. Intermedia 42, 20–24.
Magee, C., Caputi, P., Iverson, D., 2014. Lack of sleep could increase obesity in children and too much television could be partly to blame. Acta Paediatr. 103, e27–31
Magee CA, Lee J, Vella SA, 2014. Bidirectional relationships between sleep duration and screen time in early childhood. JAMA Pediatr 168, 465–470.
Marinelli M, Sunyer J, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, et al, 2014. Hours of television viewing and sleep duration in children: A multicenter birth cohort study. JAMA Pediatr 168, 458–464.
Marsh, S., et al 2014. Comparative effects of TV watching, recreational computer use, and sedentary video game play on spontaneous energy intake in male children. A randomised crossover trial. Appetite 77, 13–18.
McDonald, L., Wardle, J., Llewellyn, C.H., van Jaarsveld, C.H.M., Fisher, A., 2014. Predictors of shorter sleep in early childhood. Sleep Medicine 15, 536–540
Nathanson, A.I., Aladé, F., Sharp, M.L., Rasmussen, E.E., Christy, K., 2014. The relation between television exposure and executive function among preschoolers. Developmental Psychology 50, 1497–1506.
Nathanson, A.I., Fries, P.T., 2014. Television Exposure, Sleep Time, and Neuropsychological Function Among Preschoolers. Media Psychology 17, 237–261.
Neumann, M.M., 2014. An examination of touch screen tablets and emergent literacy in Australian pre-school children. Australian Journal of Education 58, 109–122.
Nolan, J., McBride, M., 2014. Beyond gamification: reconceptualizing game-based learning in early childhood environments. Information, Communication & Society 17, 594–608
Radesky, J.S., et al 2014. Patterns of Mobile Device Use by Caregivers and Children During Meals in Fast Food Restaurants. Pediatrics peds.2013–3703.
Reich, S.M., Black, R.W., Korobkova, K., 2014. Connections and Communities in Virtual Worlds Designed for Children. J. Community Psychol. 42, 255–267.
Rudi, J., Dworkin, J., Walker, S., Doty, J., 2014. Parents’ use of information and communications technologies for family communication: differences by age of children. Information, Communication & Society 18, 78–93.
Sijtsma, A., Koller, M., Sauer, P.J.J., Corpeleijn, E., 2014. Television, sleep, outdoor play and BMI in young children: the GECKO Drenthe cohort. Eur J Pediatr 174, 631–639.
Smith, L., Gardner, B., Hamer, M., 2014. Childhood correlates of adult TV viewing time: a 32-year follow-up of the 1970 British Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health jech–2014–204365.
Sooryamoorthy, R., 2014. Trends in media and communication studies: Toddlers, media consumption, and development communication. International Sociology 29, 81–88.
Soos, I., Biddle, S.J.H., Ling, J., Hamar, P., Sandor, I., Boros-Balint, I., Szabo, P., Simonek, J., 2014. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, use of electronic media and snacking among youth: An International study. Kineziologija 46, 155–163.
Straker, L., Abbott, R., Collins, R., Campbell, A., 2014. Evidence-based guidelines for wise use of electronic games by children. Ergonomics 57, 471–489.
Strasburger, V.C., Donnerstein, E., Bushman, B.J., 2014. Why is it so hard to believe that media influence children and adolescents? Pediatrics 133, 571–573.
Tomlin, D., et al 2014. Exploring the relationship between diet and TV, computer and video game Use in a group of Canadian children. International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition 3, 195–203
Verlinden, M., et al, 2014. Television viewing through ages 2-5 years and bullying involvement in early elementary school. BMC Public Health 14, 157.

Technology-specific issues

Adachi-Mejia, A.M., Edwards, P.M., Gilbert-Diamond, D., Greenough, G.P., Olson, A.L., 2014. TXT Me I?m Only Sleeping: Adolescents With Mobile Phones in Their Bedroom. Family & Community Health 37, 252–257.
An, J., Sun, Y., Wan, Y., Chen, J., Wang, X., Tao, F., 2014. Associations Between Problematic Internet Use and Adolescents? Physical and Psychological Symptoms: Possible Role of Sleep Quality. Journal of Addiction Medicine 8, 282–287.
Blank, G., Bolsover, G., Dubois, E., 2014. A New Privacy Paradox: Young People and Privacy on Social Network Sites (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. ID 2479938). Social Science Research Network, Rochester, NY.
Breuer, J., Scharkow, M., Quandt, T., 2014. Tunnel vision or desensitization? The effect of interactivity and frequency of use on the perception and evaluation of violence in digital games. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications 26, 176–188
Chang, F.-C., et al 2014. Online gaming and risks predict cyberbullying perpetration and victimization in adolescents. Int J Public Health 60, 257–266.
Cornish, LS (2014) 'Mum, can I play on the internet?' Parents' understanding, perception and responses to online advertising designed for children. International Journal of Advertising, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2014, pp. 437-473
DePaolis, K., Williford, A., 2014. The Nature and Prevalence of Cyber Victimization Among Elementary School Children. Child Youth Care Forum 44, 377–393.
Deursen, A.J.A.M. van, Görzig, A., Delzen, M. van, Perik, H.T.M., Stegeman, A.G., 2014. Primary School children’s Internet skills: A report on performance tests of operational, formal, information, and strategic Internet skills. International Journal of Communication 8, 23.
Fiellin, L.E., Hieftje, K.D., Duncan, L.R., 2014. Videogames, Here for Good. Pediatrics 134, 849–851.
Fu, K., Chan, C., Ip, P., 2014. Exploring the relationship between cyberbullying and unnatural child death: an ecological study of twenty-four European countries. BMC Pediatrics 14, 195. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-14-195
Gentile, D.A., Swing, E.L., Anderson, C.A., Rinker, D., Thomas, K.M., 2014. Differential Neural Recruitment During Violent Video Game Play in Violent- and Nonviolent-Game Players. Psychology of Popular Media Culture No Pagination Specified. doi:10.1037/ppm0000009
Gini G, Espelage DL, 2014. Peer victimization, cyberbullying, and suicide risk in children and adolescents. JAMA 312, 545–546
Hartmann, T., Krakowiak, K.M., Tsay-Vogel, M., 2014. How Violent Video Games Communicate Violence: A Literature Review and Content Analysis of Moral Disengagement Factors. Communication Monographs 81, 310–332.
Hsiao, H.-S., Chang, C.-S., Lin, C.-Y., Hu, P.-M., 2014. Development of children’s creativity and manual skills within digital game-based learning environment. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 30, 377–395.
Hull, J.G., Brunelle, T.J., Prescott, A.T., Sargent, J.D., 2014. A longitudinal study of risk-glorifying video games and behavioral deviance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 107, 300–325.
Kastenmüller, A., Fischer, P., Fischer, J., 2014. Video racing games increase actual health-related risk-taking behavior. Psychology of Popular Media Culture 3, 190–194. doi:10.1037/a0030559
King, D.L., Delfabbro, P.H., Zwaans, T., Kaptsis, D., 2014. Sleep Interference Effects of Pathological Electronic Media Use during Adolescence. Int J Ment Health Addiction 12, 21–35.
King, D.L., Delfabbro, P.H., Kaptsis, D., Zwaans, T., 2014. Adolescent simulated gambling via digital and social media: An emerging problem. Computers in Human Behavior 31, 305–313.
Lemola, S. et al 2014. Adolescents’ Electronic Media Use at Night, Sleep Disturbance, and Depressive Symptoms in the Smartphone Age. J Youth Adolescence 44, 405–418.
Liau, A.K., Choo, H., Li, D., Gentile, D.A., Sim, T., Khoo, A., 2014. Pathological video-gaming among youth: A prospective study examining dynamic protective factors. Addict Res Theory 23, 301–308.
Livingstone, S., 2014. Developing social media literacy: How children learn to interpret risky opportunities on social network sites. Communications 39, 283–303.
Lapidot-Lefler, N., Dolev-Cohen, M., 2014. Comparing cyberbullying and school bullying among school students: prevalence, gender, and grade level differences. Soc Psychol Educ 18, 1–16.
Livingstone, S., Smith, P.K., 2014. Annual Research Review: Harms experienced by child users of online and mobile technologies: the nature, prevalence and management of sexual and aggressive risks in the digital age. J Child Psychol Psychiatr 55, 635–654.
Lopez-Fernandez, O.et al, 2014. Pathological video game playing in Spanish and British adolescents: Towards the exploration of Internet Gaming Disorder symptomatology. Computers in Human Behavior 41, 304–312.
O’Neill, B., 2013. Who cares? Practical ethics and the problem of underage users on social networking sites. Ethics Inf Technol 15, 253–262.
Przybylski, A.K., 2014. Electronic Gaming and Psychosocial Adjustment. Pediatrics 134, e716–e722.
Rafla, M., Carson, N.J., DeJong, S.M., 2014. Adolescents and the Internet: What mental health clinicians need to know. Curr Psychiatry Rep 16, 1–10.
Rice,E et al (2014) Sexting and sexual behavior among Middle School students, 2014. Pediatrics peds.2013–2991d.
Sampasa-Kanyinga, H et al 2014 Breakfast skipping is associated with cyberbullying and school bullying victimization. A school-based cross-sectional study. Appetite 79, 76–82.
Steeves, Valerie. (2014) Young Canadians in a Wired World, Phase III: Cyberbullying: Dealing with Online Meanness, Cruelty and Threats: MediaSmarts.
Strasburger, V.C., Donnerstein, E., 2014. The new media of violent video games yet same old media problems? CLIN PEDIATR 53, 721–725.
Takacs, Z.K., Swart, E.K., Bus, A.G., 2014. Can the computer replace the adult for storybook reading? A meta-analysis on the effects of multimedia stories as compared to sharing print stories with an adult. Front Psychol 5.
Tear, M.J., Nielsen, M., 2014. Video games and prosocial behavior: A study of the effects of non-violent, violent and ultra-violent gameplay. Computers in Human Behavior 41, 8–13.
Temple, J.R., Choi, H., 2014. Longitudinal Association Between Teen Sexting and Sexual Behavior. Pediatrics 134, e1287–e1292.
Thorne, H.T., et al 2014. Video game genre preference, physical activity and screen-time in adolescent boys from low-income communities. Journal of Adolescence 37, 1345–1352
Tone, H.-J., Zhao, H.-R., Yan, W.-S., 2014. The attraction of online games: An important factor for Internet Addiction. Computers in Human Behavior 30, 321–327.
Tortolero, S.R., t al, 2014. Daily violent video game playing and depression in preadolescent youth. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 17, 609–615.
Vandoninck, S., d’ Haenens, L., 2014. Ways to avoid problematic situations and negative experiences: Children’s preventive measures online. Communications 39, 261–282.
Vieira, E.T., 2014. The relationships among girls’ prosocial video gaming, perspective-taking, sympathy, and thoughts about violence. Communication Research 41, 892–912.
Whitaker, J.L., Bushman, B.J., 2014. “Boom, Headshot!” Effect of Video Game Play and Controller Type on Firing Aim and Accuracy. Communication Research 41, 879–891.
Wolfe, J., et al 2014. Single night video-game use leads to sleep loss and attention deficits in older adolescents. Journal of Adolescence 37, 1003–1009.
Yang, N.H et al 2014. Videoconferencing to Reduce Stress Among Hospitalized Children. Pediatrics peds.2013–3912.
Yang, G.S., Gibson, B., Lueke, A.K., Huesmann, L.R., Bushman, B.J., 2014. Effects of Avatar Race in Violent Video Games on Racial Attitudes and Aggression. Social Psychological and Personality Science 5, 698–704.
Ybarra, M.L., Huesmann, L.R., Korchmaros, J.D., Reisner, S.L., 2014. Cross-sectional associations between violent video and computer game playing and weapon carrying in a national cohort of children. Aggr. Behav. 40, 345–358.

Mitigating media impacts

Appel, M., et al, 2014. Internet use and verbal aggression: The moderating role of parents and peers. Computers in Human Behavior 33, 235–241. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.007
Bergh, I.H., et al, 2014. Post-intervention effects on screen behaviours and mediating effect of parental regulation: the HEalth In Adolescents study – a multi-component school-based randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health 14, 200.
Brindova, D., et al 2014. How parents can affect excessive spending of time on screen-based activities. BMC Public Health 14, 1261.
Brindova, D., et al 2014. Is the association between screen-based behaviour and health complaints among adolescents moderated by physical activity? Int J Public Health 60, 139–145.
Cespedes, E.M et al 2014. Participant characteristics and intervention processes associated with reductions in television viewing in the High Five for Kids study. Preventive Medicine 62, 64–70.
Choo, H., Sim, T., Liau, A.K.F., Gentile, D.A., Khoo, A., 2014. Parental Influences on Pathological Symptoms of Video-Gaming Among Children and Adolescents: A Prospective Study. J Child Fam Stud 24, 1429–1441.
Christensen, C.G., Myford, C.M., 2014. Measuring Social and Emotional Content in Children’s Television: An Instrument Development Study. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 58, 21–41.
Coyne, S.M., Padilla-Walker, L.M., Fraser, A.M., Fellows, K., Day, R.D., 2014. “Media Time = Family Time” Positive Media Use in Families With Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research 29, 663–688
Elgar FJ, Napoletano A, Saul G, et al, 2014. Cyberbullying victimization and mental health in adolescents and the moderating role of family dinners. JAMA Pediatr.
Gentile DA, Li D, Khoo A, Prot S, Anderson CA, 2014. Mediators and moderators of long-term effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior: Practice, thinking, and action. JAMA Pediatr. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.63
Gentile DA, Reimer RA, Nathanson AI, Walsh DA, Eisenmann JC, 2014. Protective effects of parental monitoring of children’s media use: A prospective study. JAMA Pediatr 168, 479–484.
Jacobs, N.C., Völlink, T., Dehue, F., Lechner, L., 2014. Online Pestkoppenstoppen: systematic and theory-based development of a web-based tailored intervention for adolescent cyberbully victims to combat and prevent cyberbullying. BMC Public Health 14, 396.
Holloway, D., Green, L., Love, C., 2014. “It”s all about the apps’: Parental mediation of pre-schoolers’ digital lives [WWW Document].
Khurana, A., et al, 2014. The Protective Effects of Parental Monitoring and Internet on Adolescents’ Risk of Online Harassment. J Youth Adolescence 44, 1039–1047.
Liau, A.K., Choo, H., Li, D., Gentile, D.A., Sim, T., Khoo, A., 2014. Pathological video-gaming among youth: A prospective study examining dynamic protective factors. Addict Res Theory 23, 301–308.
Linebarger, D.L.,et al 2014. Associations Between Parenting, Media Use, Cumulative Risk, and Children?s Executive Functioning: Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 35, 367–377.
Lloyd, A.B.,et al 2014. Maternal and paternal parenting practices and their influence on children’s adiposity, screen-time, diet and physical activity. Appetite 79, 149–157.
Nikken, P., Jansz, J., 2014. Developing scales to measure parental mediation of young children’s internet use. Learning, Media and Technology 39, 250–266.
Newman, N; Oates, C (2014) Parental mediation of food marketing communications aimed at children International Journal of Advertising, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2014, pp. 579-598
Pace, U., Zappulla, C., Guzzo, G., Maggio, R.D., Laudani, C., Cacioppo, M., 2014. Internet Addiction, Temperament, and the Moderator Role of Family Emotional Involvement. Int J Ment Health Addiction 12, 52–63.
Potter, A., 2014. A very special audience: how layering and drift in Australian cultural policy have affected the production of children’s television drama for digital markets. International Journal of Cultural Policy 20, 40–53.
Price, J., Palsson, C., Gentile, D., 0. (2014) What Matters in Movie Ratings? Cross-country Differences in how Content Influences Mature Movie Ratings. Journal of Children and Media 0, 1–13.
Santarcangelo, J., Zhang, X.-P., 2014. Automatic age recommendation system for children’s video content Presented at the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 750–753.
Straker, L., Abbott, R., Collins, R., Campbell, A., 2014. Evidence-based guidelines for wise use of electronic games by children. Ergonomics 57, 471–489.
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