Volume :

2

Issue :

1

Abstract :

Background: Television is a window to the outside world for children. More than half of television viewers in India are children below 15 years. Studies suggest that exposure to violence on television influences child’s behavior especially aggressive behavior. Objectives: To assess the television viewing habit and violent behavior among school going children. To determine the association of television viewing habit and violent behavior with their selected demographic variables. To find out the correlation between television viewing habit and violent behavior. Material and Methods: A Non-experimental, Explorative and Descriptive study design was undertaken. Data was collected from 60 school going children selected by stratified random sampling and 60 parents of the same children. A structured questionnaire and rating scale was used for data collection. Results: Findings showed that majority (72%) of samples had moderately high television viewing habit. The overall mean score of violent behavior was (64.7±18.61) suggesting that the school going children had mild level of violent behavior. There was significant positive relationship between the television viewing habit and violent behavior (r=0.50).There was significant association between the television viewing habit and gender (χ2- 5.91, P