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Download full textChilders, Kim Walsh; Brown, Jane D. – 1989
Drawing on a social cognitive understanding of the relationship between television and viewers which suggests that adolescents will seek media content consistent with their already developed notions about the sexes, a study surveyed 1,613 adolescents (aged 12 to 17). Respondents were drawn from 10 standard metropolitan statistical areas that are…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Black Youth, Sex Bias
Brown, Jane D.; Gaddy, Gary D. – 1983
A study examined the relationship of the frequency of viewing sexual content on television and the sexual activity among a sample of adolescents. Approximately 600 junior high school students filled out a questionnaire in their homes. Eight items measuring frequency of sexual intercourse and the number of partners formed one factor, which served…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Females, Junior High Schools
