The relation of violent and nonviolent toys to play behavior in preschoolers

dc.contributor.advisor Dahlia F. Stockdale
dc.contributor.author Goff, Karen
dc.contributor.department Human Development and Family Studies
dc.date 2018-08-23T04:26:36.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T07:07:33Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T07:07:33Z
dc.date.copyright Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 1995
dc.date.issued 1995
dc.description.abstract <p>Although play and toys have been shown in the literature to benefit children in a variety of domains, relatively little is known about the effects of specific types of toys on the behavior and attitudes of children. Chapter 1 consolidates research that has attempted to discover the relationship between children's attitudes/behaviors and war toys. Research concerning the benefits of play and toys to children is presented, followed by the opposing viewpoints of aggression theorists regarding this issue. Research supporting each side of the debate is presented. Finally, variables that are likely to affect the war toy-child aggression relationship are discussed. In Chapter 2, an experimental study concerning the effects of violent toys on the aggressive play behavior of preschool children is presented. Twelve groups of three children, aged 3 to 5 years, participated in play sessions in which they were exposed to violent and nonviolent toys in a repeated measures design. The videotaped sessions were coded for: (a) children's aggressive behaviors and (b) the real or pretend play context in which aggression occurred. Analyses of variance revealed a significant main effect of toy condition for the observational data. Real, pretend, and total aggression occurred more often in play with violent toys than in play with nonviolent toys. Correlational analyses were performed on the survey data of participants and their parents, and between survey and observational data. Boys preferred more violent toys and television programs than girls; they also possessed more toy guns and played with them more frequently than girls. Children who preferred more violent toys and television shows had parents who possessed more positive attitudes toward spanking than parents of those children with less violent preferences, although no direct relationship between parental attitudes toward spanking and children's aggressive behaviors was identified. Finally, children of fathers with higher demands for mature behavior and greater use of firm-responsive control were found to exhibit more pretend aggression in play with nonviolent toys than children of fathers with lower maturity demands and less use of firm-responsive control. Berkowitz's aggressive cue hypothesis (1962, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1984) is generally supported.</p>
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dc.identifier.articleid 11780
dc.identifier.contextkey 6415969
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-10014
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dc.subject.disciplines Developmental Psychology
dc.subject.disciplines Leisure Studies
dc.subject.disciplines Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education
dc.subject.keywords Human development and family studies
dc.subject.keywords Human development and family studies (Child development)
dc.subject.keywords Child development
dc.title The relation of violent and nonviolent toys to play behavior in preschoolers
dc.type article
dc.type.genre dissertation
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thesis.degree.level dissertation
thesis.degree.name Doctor of Philosophy
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