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CompletedNCT01459835Updated Mar 26, 2014

Media Impact on Preschool Behavior

An interventional study of media diet and nutritional intervention in Aggression and Prosocial Behavior, sponsored by Seattle Children's Hospital. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 4 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-03-26.

Sponsored by Seattle Children's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
600
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 4 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study tests the hypothesis that modifying the media diet of preschool children so that they watch more prosocial programming and less violent programming will result in decreased aggression and increased prosocial behavior.

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Conditions studied

  • Aggression
  • Prosocial Behavior

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Keywords

  • TV
  • Violence
  • DVDs
  • Behavior
  • Preschool children
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In context

Aggression

361 studies on the registry are indexed under Aggression; 51 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 600 is above the median of 60 across 293 interventional studies indexed under Aggression.

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Lead sponsor

Seattle Children's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 210 studies on the registry; 43 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 4 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • 2.5-4 years of age
  • watches TV regularly
  • English speaking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no TV
  • non English
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    media diet

    advice tips and tools to reduce exposure to violent programming

    Behavioral: media diet

  • Active comparator
    Nutrition intervention

    diet advice

    Behavioral: nutritional intervention

Interventions

  • Behavioralmedia diet

    advice and tips and tools for healthy non violent TV viewing

  • Behavioralnutritional intervention

    advice on healthy eating

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores overall

    Overall Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores will be assessed

    Time frame: 6 months after enrollment

  2. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) aggression subscale

    Aggression, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed at 6,

    Time frame: 6 months after enrollment

  3. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) prosocial subscale

    Prosocial, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed

    Time frame: 6 months after enrollment

  4. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores overall

    Overall Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores will be assessed

    Time frame: 12 months after enrollment

  5. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores overall

    Overall Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) scores will be assessed

    Time frame: 18 months after enrollment

  6. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) aggression subscale

    Aggression, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed

    Time frame: 12 months after enrollment

  7. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) aggression subscale

    Aggression, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed

    Time frame: 18 months after enrollment

  8. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) prosocial subscale

    Prosocial, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed

    Time frame: 12 months after enrollment

  9. Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) prosocial subscale

    Prosocial, from the Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation (SCBE) subscale scores, will be assessed

    Time frame: 18 months after enrollment

Secondary outcomes

  1. sleep problems

    The investigator will use elements of the sleep problem questionnaire to assess sleep problems

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. sleep problems

    The investigator will use elements of the sleep problem questionnaire to assess sleep problems

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. sleep problems

    The investigator will use elements of the sleep problem questionnaire to assess sleep problems

    Time frame: 18 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Seattle CHildrens Research Institute
    Seattle, Washington 98104, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Christakis DA, Garrison MM, Herrenkohl T, Haggerty K, Rivara FP, Zhou C, Liekweg K. Modifying media content for preschool children: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2013 Mar;131(3):431-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-1493. Epub 2013 Feb 18. PubMed 23420911 ↗
  • Garrison MM, Christakis DA. The impact of a healthy media use intervention on sleep in preschool children. Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):492-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-3153. Epub 2012 Aug 6. PubMed 22869826 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 26, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01459835
Lead sponsor
Seattle Children's Hospital
Responsible party
Dimitri Christakis (Principal Investigator, Seattle Children's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 26, 2011
Start date
Jun 2010
Primary completion
Jul 2012
Completion
Jul 2012
Last update
Mar 26, 2014

Study contacts

Dimitri Christakis, MD
principal investigator · U of WA

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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