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Peer reviewedAttewell, Paul; Suazo-Garcia, Belkis; Battle, Juan – Social Forces, 2003
Time-diary data on activities of 1,680 children aged 4-13 revealed that children's time spent on home computer use was positively associated with cognitive skill test scores and self-esteem and did not adversely affect time spent on reading, sports, or outdoor play, except for heavy users (over 8 hours daily). Such children had substantially…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Child Behavior, Childhood Interests, Children
Peer reviewedBen-Arieh, Asher; Ofir, Anat – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2002
Analyzes studies on children's time-use by their goals, target population, and methods. Makes a case for the importance of time-use studies providing a resource for describing children's social lives and well-being. Suggests how children's time-use could be studied regularly on a larger scale as part of society's effort to study and monitor its…
Descriptors: Activities, Adolescents, Age Differences, Age Groups
