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

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...