REALITY PERCEPTIONS OF TELEVISION: A Preliminary Comparison of Emotionally Disturbed and Nonhandicapped Children

Joyce Sprafkin; Kenneth D. Gadow; Monique Dussault

doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb01552.x

REALITY PERCEPTIONS OF TELEVISION: A Preliminary Comparison of Emotionally Disturbed and Nonhandicapped Children

Joyce Sprafkin
, Kenneth D. Gadow
, Monique Dussault

Psychiatry

Stony Brook University

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The performance of emotionally disturbed children was compared to that of nonhandicapped children on a newly developed measure of perceived television reality, the Videotest. Emotionally disturbed children scored significantly lower than the comparison group even when IQ was controlled, indicating that handicapped children are less able to distinguish between what is real and what is not real on television. Implications for behavioral effects and possible remedial action are discussed. 1986 American Orthopsychiatric Association

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-152
Number of pages	6
Journal	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Volume	56
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb01552.x
State	Published - Jan 1986

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