Individuation and television coviewing in the family: Developmental trends in the viewing behavior of adolescents

Abstract

This study tests the validity of two competing models of family coviewing. Trajectories of daily television viewing measured with people meters over a 3‐year period were analyzed using time‐series methods. The findings show that current models of coviewing are in need of refinement. The proposed expansion by a longitudinal perspective allows for differential predictions about age‐related trends in adolescent viewing behavior in relation to parental coviewing patterns.