Children with television addiction are more likely to use violence

The risk of doing illegal and violent acts by children spending too much time watching television every day is much greater than other children.

Bob Hancox, a researcher at the University of Otago in New Zealand, and his colleagues analyzed data on the TV viewing habits of about 1,000 people who were born in the 70s. Data were collected when research subjects reached Scientists continued to learn when the study subjects reached the age of 26, AFP reported.

The results show that the more time a child watches TV per day, the higher the level of performance of their anti-social behavior.

Scientists think children should not watch TV for more than two hours a day. (Photo: ABC)

"If the average TV viewing time increases by an hour, the risk of children committing crimes or harming society when they grow up is about 30% , " Hancox said.

In addition, the habit of watching television too much since childhood also makes people become more impatient and more likely to experience negative emotions.

The relationship between television viewing time and the risk of crime is still quite strong after experts consider other factors - such as intelligence, social status, parental control.

"Although we do not say that television causes dangerous acts to society, our findings show that reducing television viewing time is one of the ways to reduce the level of negative behaviors. "It is possible that children learn bad behaviors on television. Bad behaviors can also cause negative emotions in children, making them more impatient," Hancox commented.

According to Hancox's calculations, children should only watch TV for up to two hours per day. In addition, students should only watch healthy programs that are conducive to intellectual development.